Simple Watercress Soup with Seafood Mushrooms and Jujube

Oriental Essence TCM
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Watercress Soup is so simple to make, and my ingredients are super simple too. I added jujubes (dates) for color and sweetness. You may substitute with slices of carrot. Enjoy!
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Ingredients:
1/2 lb Watercress
1/3 lb seafood mushroom or other mushroom
4 jujubes (dates)
3 stalks green onions
4 slices ginger
sesame oil
salt
vegetable oil
Hi everyone, today I'm going to share with you a super simple watercress soup
watercress in Chinese is 西洋菜
let me show you the super simple ingredients
so I have about half pound watercress
just need to cut it in half
like that
and remember the seafood, mushroom
I made the last time with chicken
and of course you can use other mushrooms
like shiitake mushroom, enoki mushroom
or even button mushrooms
cut in half
so this is optional, I'm going to add some jujube
but if you don't have it, you can just use some carrot
this is for color and some sweetness
just cut in half, just avoid the pit
like that
that's our jujube
I have three stalks of green onions
just need to slice like this
always separate white part from the green
and we also need a few slices of ginger
should be enough
now we're ready to cook
I'm heating up the pot to medium heat
and we'll add some oil
I'm using avocado oil, you can use any vegetable oil
I'll add the ginger
green onion
to flavor the oil
followed by our mushroom
cook about a minute
about a minute, now we're ready to add water
warm water
about four cups
and we're going to bring this to boil
turn the heat to high
our soup is boiling
let's add the jujube
and the watercress
and we'll add a little bit of salt
turn the heat to medium
cook about eight minutes
or depends on how you like your watercress
about eight minutes
our soup is ready
let's add green onions
you definitely need some salt
notice that I didn't cover the pot
so this way the watercress stays green
let me give it a quick taste
mmm, awesome
a little bit more salt
and we're going to finish
with drizzles of sesame oil
and our soup is ready
smells so good
looks beautiful, right?
looks great
want to try some?
enjoy
mmm, awesome
mmm, wow
the watercress, really nice
refreshing, right?
has some earthy taste
I need to taste the jujube
jujube
jujube gives some sweet taste, right?
mmm, mushroom, crunchy
seafood mushrooms are awesome
great flavor, right?
mmm, so warm
please leave me a comment below
if you ever cooked with watercress
if you ever made a watercress soup
please try to make it
the ingredients are so simple
so easy to make, right?
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