Old cucumber soup is boiled which chicken or pork along with ingredients such as dried oyster, scallops and dates. Simmering old cucumber soup over low heat or in a slow cooker helps the ingredients to slowly release their flavours and nutrients.
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Old cucumber soup is another slow cooked Cantonese soup recipes which I love. After boiling this soup over low heat, old cucumber will turn soft and has a creamy texture to it. The health benefits to what is known as ‘lou wong kua tong’ to the Chinese community are abundance. Old cucumber has high dietary fibre, iron, calcium and even said to have antiaging properties.

Boiling Cantonese soups is all about slow cooking and also the few ingredients which are brought together to boil. Mainly because of the nutritional benefits the ingredients offer, ingredients such as red dates should also provide sweet flavours to the soup. To naturally make the soup a little saltier, I have added some dried scallops and dried oysters. These ingredients can be substituted with dried cuttlefish too.

Old cucumber vs regular cucumber/English cucumber

Old cucumbers which are also known as yellow gourds can be found in Asia easily or sometimes in American Asian grocers. Otherwise, it is not commonly sold. I have tried substituting them with other cucumbers available in Germany. Both regular cucumbers and English cucumbers do provide same flavours as old cucumber.

Old cucumber soup for pregnant women

This soup is said to have cooling properties as old cucumber is used. Therefore, pregnant or menstruating women may want to avoid this soup as it might be too cooling to the body and affect the yin and yang.

Boiling old cucumber soup in slow cooker

I usually cook soups in a stainless steel pot or cast iron pot over low heat. If you have a slow cooker, it makes boiling soups even easier. It is recommended to cook the soup for 68 hours on low heat to allow the ingredients to slowly release their nutrients. Otherwise, cook at high heat for 34 hours.

Enjoy the soup along with other dishes for dinner. It is best to enjoy the old cucumber soup if the weather is too hot to cool your body down.

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