Hello everyone!
Here is a classic zaub quas laug dish: Mushroom & Bamboo soup!
Growing up, we would eat whatever my grandparents and parents put on the table. I’ve grown to crave these simple dishes when I’m far from home. This dish brings back so much memory with one of my aunty who would cook this for us when we visited her house. My mom loves to call these types of dishes Zaub quas laug dishes: food for the good old souls. Like ME 🙂 It’s simple, clean, and hits the comfort spot.
Hopefully this brings back memories for some of you and for those far from home and have been wanting to learn how to make this simple dishes, here it is! So enjoy!
Basic Ingredients
Bamboo shoots, pepper, lemongrass, beef, salt, mushroom seasonings & Mushrooms! 
Your choice of mushrooms. These mushroom works well for soups
Wood-ear mushrooms, shiitake, and oysters. But you can use other shrooms as well.
Boil together
Serve with rice. You can eat it with rice or on the side. I like to mix my rice in with it.
Soup for the old souls
ENJOY!
Ingredients
- 1.5 quarts water (6 cups)
- 1 cup beef (ground, sliced, or grilled works)
- 1/2 cup cow skin (optional)
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 1/2 Tbsp mushroom seasoning ( Po lo Ku brand)
- 1 lb sliced bamboo shoots
- 5 shiitake mushrooms (sliced)
- 2 cups wood ear mushrooms
- 1/2 lb oyster mushrooms
- 3 chili peppers (rough cut)
- 1 lemongrass (slightly pounded)
Instructions
1) In a pot, add in 6 cups of water. Bring it to a boil. Then add in the beef* and cow skin. Boil for 2-3 minutes. Then add in the seasonings and sliced bamboo shoots, wood ear mushrooms, and shiitake mushrooms. Simmer for 5 minutes. Then add in the oyster mushrooms, peppers and lemongrass. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until the mushrooms are cooked. Taste and adjust for seasonings.
*You can use any kind of protein. In this recipe, I used pre-charcoal grilled beef my mom cooked and cut already. She makes a huge batch of this and keeps it in the freezer for when we make soups. The grilling gives the beef great flavor and enhancement to the soup! So if you can, add this kind of beef to it. If not, any other protein works as well.
Serve with rice! Enjoy!
-CHawjCreations
Notes
Choices of mushrooms are endless. Feel free to use other mushrooms. These are a few of my favorites in terms of texture and taste. I suggest adding wood ear mushrooms in the soup for the crunch! 🙂
2 comments
Really glad you made this site. Happen to find this by chance looking for the type of mushroom in the mushroom soup my friend makes at his family “Chinese” restaurant. Couldn’t figure out if it really is wood ear or not. They are black wavy and slick mushrooms and it’s my favorite soup. Well anyways thank you for your recipes … I think I’ll try to challenge myself to one a week!!! Do you have a good from scratch hot pot recipe? (Spicy)
Thank you for sharing this recipe! I made mushroom and bamboo soup and it turned out delicious from your recipe.