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How Do Chinese Restaurants Make House Special Soup?

Oftentimes, the menu in a Chinese restaurant will be filled with a variety of different house special Chinese soups and entrees. 

However, there is one specific soup that you might want to order, especially if you’re new to this type of cuisine — house special soup. Filled with pickled vegetables and crunchy noodles in a savory broth seasoned with five-spice powder and star anise, it’s very difficult not to fill your bowl once you take your first spoonful. 

But perhaps the most important question remains: how do Chinese restaurants make Chinese house special soup? Fortunately, we have you covered.

What is House Special Soup?

House special soup is often referred to as “Chinese New Year soup” in China. To many, this delicacy is a symbol of health and prosperity for the upcoming year. The broth is seasoned with five-spice powder, salt, and sugar that provide a complex flavor and aroma. In fact, the taste is so rich that each sip feels like having a mouthful of food — something that’s hard to achieve in other types of soups.

House Special Soup

Five-spice powder is one of the most important flavour enhancers used in Chinese cuisine. It’s commonly used in chilli and soy sauce but can often be found in other dishes such as stir-fried noodles, fried rice and even fruit smoothies. 

Each ingredient is carefully measured before adding it to the broth. To make the soup more flavorful, salt and sugar are added to it. 

The proper ratio of these ingredients depends on the dish you’re making — for example, with a cold soba noodle meal, you would want less sugar, while five-spice powder plays a very important role.

Benefits of House Special Soup

House special soup is not only made with top-quality ingredients but also has a high nutritional value and a good taste. It’s surprisingly rich in antioxidants, which makes it beneficial for your health. 

Benefits of House Special Soup

The five-spice powder has an amazing aroma and flavour, which surprises even experienced cooks. It’s great for your health because of its beneficial effects on blood circulation and heart health, but it especially improves the taste of foods by adding a nice flavour.

If you love to cook and are pricky about how Chinese restaurants make house special soup, we have the perfect recipe for you! It’s delicious, nutritious and suitable for long-term consumption. But be sure to take note of the cooking method, ingredients and cooking time before you begin!

House Special Wonton Soup

Although made with only five ingredients, house special wonton soup is actually cooked for hours. The first step is to cook noodles and then the rest of the broth. Then, pickled vegetables are added along with cooking wine and chilli oil. 

House Special Wonton Soup

The process continues by boiling pork belly, chicken and pork offal before adding them to the soup broth. It takes about four hours for the soup to finish cooking. After all of this time, Chinese house special soup has finally been made!

Chinese cuisine is well-known for its various dishes, ingredients and cooking techniques. However, making a hearty bowl of delicious ramen soup is no easy task.

Effects of House Special Chinese Soup

Many people consider ramen broth or five-spice powder as easy to make with no complex procedures. However, while they’re true in some cases, they’re not completely right! 

Effects of House Special Chinese Soup

It takes enough time and effort to prepare a delicious bowl of ramen soup. But with this recipe, you’ll understand why it’s so popular among Chinese diners. And if you’re a fast cook, you can do it in less than half an hour!

Instructions: To Make House Special Chinese Broth

Before you start cooking, follow these steps to make your house special ramen base broth.

  1. Boil tap water in a large pot and pour into a blender. Rinse the rice vermicelli, then pour them into the cooking water. Bring to boil while crushing them with chopsticks on the bottom of the pot.
  2. After 15 minutes of boiling, drain the vermicelli and let them cool down in ice water for 30 minutes before seasoning and serving with the soup base below.
  3. The total cooking time is approximately four hours. The ramen will be completed when both vegetables and broth taste perfect.
  4. Combine all ingredients of broth base in a pot and bring to boil.
  5. Turn down the heat and simmer for two to three hours, then add lamb, chicken extract, shrimps and fishcake.
  6. After another 30 minutes of simmering, transfer the soup into the serving pot to serve hot with boiled egg, pork floss and green onion.

Pro Tips: While preparing the ingredients for your ramen soup base, remember to pre-prepare your vegetables by washing away any dirt before cutting them into small pieces so that they can release their juices while they’re cooking in the broth. 

Ingredients For Ramen Soup Base:

  • 20 cups of water
  • 3 tablespoons salt and a pinch of white pepper
  • 1.5kg pork bones (for soup base) with 1/2 tablespoon five-spice powder for seasoning the pork bones and a pinch of five-spice powder for seasoning the soup base). Be sure to rinse the pork bones, then cook them with water in an oven at 200℃ for at least two hours or until they’re completely cooked before using them in the broth.
  • 1/2 teaspoon MSG (optional)

House Special Noodle Soup – For The Ramen Noodles:

  • 1 package round rice vermicelli (about 2kg), cut into small pieces, then soak in cold water for 30 minutes.
House Special Noodle Soup

Ingredients For Serving Special Soup:

  • 500g shrimps, soaked in hot water for 15 minutes, then peeled and deveined. Prepare them in advance, as they will be added to the soup at the later stage of preparation.

Green Onion

  • Green onion, sliced into small pieces.
  • For the topping: 1/2 cup green onions, cut into small pieces.

Hot Pot Pork Floss (Optional)

  • For the topping: 1 cup hot pot pork floss (optional), scrambled eggs, and green onion for serving.

4 Servings (200g noodles and 2 cups soup each) / per Serving: RMB 20.00 based on the current exchange rate of RMB = USD 0.21881 = KRW 21,925.00 (based on the previous day rate)

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  1. Leona

    i love house special soup

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