Dried Chinese Yam (Huai Shan / Shan Yao)
スープを甘くまろやかに！漢方薬でもある「乾燥長芋」
Description
Peeled and dried rhizome of Chinese yam. While raw it's called 'Shan Yao', as a dried medicinal ingredient it's called 'Huai Shan'. Indispensable for Cantonese medicinal soups (Lao Huo Tang). Boiling long-term yields a fluffy texture, giving the soup natural thickness and sweetness.
Classification: Everyone, Ingredient, Medicinal, Huai Shan, Shan Yao, Chinese Yam, For Soup, Fluffy
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How to use
Ingredients
- Dried rhizome of Dioscorea polystachya(Chinese Yam)
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [Pai Gu Huai Shan Tang (Rib & Yam Soup)]: Simmer rehydrated Huai Shan for hours with pork bones, goji, and Dang Shen (the ultimate home soup to comfort the stomach).
- Grate to thicken plain congee.
- Boil as tea.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
No strong taste or aroma; fluffy sweetness like sweet potato or potato
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Substitute by thickly cutting JP 'raw Nagaimo' (beware of disintegration during boiling)
Pairing
Pork Sparerib Soup / Whole Chicken Soup / Medicinal Porridge
Trivia
The combination of 'Huai Shan' and 'Goji' is the absolute basics for Cantonese housewives making soup. Restores fatigue and promotes digestion; a medicinal food safe for everyone from kids to elders.
Eating tips & etiquette
Looks like 'white chalk fragments' or 'white plastic boards' and is extremely hard. Rehydrating and braising makes it tender enough to cut effortlessly with chopsticks.
Allergen
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