Candied Jujube / Honey Date (Mi Zao)
砂糖は不要！広東スープの甘みを一手に引き受ける「魔法の蜜ナツメ」
Description
Fresh, large green jujubes finely scored on the surface, boiled down long-term in sugar (or honey), then dried. Sugar crystallizes on the surface, making it powdery white. The absolute ace for 'giving soup natural, deep sweetness' alongside monk fruit and dried figs in Cantonese long-simmered medicinal soups (Lao Huo Tang).
Classification: Everyone, Ingredient, Dry Goods, Mi Zao, Jujube, Guangdong Cuisine, Lao Huo Tang, For Soup, Sweetness Manager
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How to use
Ingredients
- Jujube(Date)
- Sugar(or Honey)
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [All Cantonese Medicinal Soups]: Toss 2-
- Mi Zao into savory meat soups like Ba Wang Hua (cactus flower) & pork bone soup or lotus root & rib soup, simmer for hours. Meat broth and honey sweetness fuse into the ultimate soup even kids chug.
- Eat straight as a sweet tea companion.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Extremely rich、heavy sweetness like black molasses or dried dates、and a sticky texture
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Can substitute with red dried jujube (Hong Zao) and a dash of sugar, but depth is inferior
Pairing
Pork Spareribs / Ba Wang Hua / Goji Berries
Trivia
Thanks to countless fine cuts (grooves) on the surface, braising melts the permeated honey juicily into the soup, while the jujube itself absorbs meat soup becoming premiumly delicious (beware of the seed when eating).
Eating tips & etiquette
While red dried jujubes (Hong Zao) are used for 'medicinal/blood-replenishing' purposes, this Mi Zao is completely used as a 'seasoning to add rich sweetness to soup'. Absolutely stocked in Cantonese home kitchens.
Allergen
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