Lou fo tong

Pork lung soup with apricot juice (杏汁豬肺湯; hanhgjāp jyūfaitōng)

Lou fo tong
Traditional Chinese	老火湯
Simplified Chinese	老火汤
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin lǎohuǒtāng Bopomofo ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄤ Wade–Giles lao^3-huo^3-t‘ang^1 IPA [làʊ.xwò.tʰáŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization lóuhfótōng Jyutping lou5 fo2 tong1 IPA [lɔw˩˧.fɔ˧˥.tʰɔŋ˥]

Lou fo tong (Chinese: 老火湯; Cantonese Yale: lóuhfótōng) is a distinctive variety of soup in Cantonese cuisine popular among Chinese people in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas. These soups are usually made by simmering various vegetables, fruits, meat or Chinese herbs in a pressure cooker, vacuum cooker, claypot, wok or clay jar for a few hours, and are believed to have skincare, heart-protective, vision-enhancing, bile-reducing, and bone-strengthening benefits. Owing to the hot and humid climate in the Lingnan region, the locals have developed a penchant for drinking lou fo tong for its nourishing and health-boosting effects.^[1][2]

Nutrition

According to experiments conducted by a research team led by Prof. Jiang Zhuoqin from School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, the calcium salts in animal bones are barely soluble in water. In the first experiment, the average calcium concentration in soup stewed with distilled water was only 1.0–1.2 mg/100 ml. In the second experiment, using an expensive vinegar-soaked ceramic pot, the calcium concentration reached 178 mg/100 ml.^[3]

See also

• Ching bo leung

References

1. Macabasco, L.M. "LO FOH TONG IS THE CANTONESE SOUP THAT TASTES LIKE HOME". Whetstone, 2023. https://www.whetstonemagazine.com/journal/lo-foh-tong-is-the-cantonese-soup-that-tastes-like-home
2. Beautiful China: "Lou Fo Tong". Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China, 2020. https://www.travelchina.org.cn/sitefiles/gjly_en/html/food/493_1.shtml
3. "一锅骨头汤，喝的都是脂肪". 网易新闻. 2017-11-25. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-25.

External links

• 科学松鼠会：汤里有多少“营养”？可能跟你想得不一样