Name: Sapodilla, Burdock & Carrot Lean Pork Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 1.2 L
Cuisine: Asian, Wellness
Ingredients: Sapodilla — 2 fruits, peeled and cut; Carrot — 1, peeled and cut (120 g); Dried burdock root — 38 g; or 113 g fresh; Almonds / apricot kernels — 38 g; Dried figs — 3 to 4 (45 g); Lean pork — 225 g, sliced and blanched; Water — 2.4 L, reduced to 4

Why people make this soup

At a fruit stall I spotted something that looked a bit like a kiwi — the seller called it “ren shen guo,” but it was actually sapodilla (ren xin guo). Ripe, it is wonderfully sweet, somewhere between honeydew melon and a soft persimmon. Sapodilla is rich in vitamin C and trace minerals, and in food tradition it is paired with burdock, carrot, figs and almonds to make a soup people love for moistening the lungs, brightening the complexion and supporting graceful aging.

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