Sweet potato soup is a
Chinese
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dessert found in
Southern China
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and
Hong Kong
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Cantonese cuisine
In
Cantonese cuisine, it is categorized as a
tong sui
''Tong sui'' (; ), also known as ''tim tong'', is a collective term for any sweet, warm soup or custard served as a dessert at the end of a meal in Cantonese cuisine. ''Tong sui'' are a Cantonese specialty and many varieties are rarely foun ...
or sweet soup, hence the Chinese name. The soup is usually thin in texture, but potent in taste. The recipe is simple, consisting of boiling the
sweet potato for a long time with
rock candy
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and
ginger. Sweet potato is one of the most commonly found and abundant vegetables grown in China.
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/ref> With its simple recipe and large crop supply, sweet potato soup is one of the most accessible and affordable tong sui in the region.
See also
* Egg tongsui
* Fried sweet potato
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* List of Chinese soups
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* List of sweet potato dishes
This is a list of notable sweet potato dishes. The sweet potato is a starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots used as a root vegetable. The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as greens. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the ...
* List of soups
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* Sweet potato pie
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References
Chinese soups
Chinese desserts
Sweet potatoes
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