The chinese double boiler
the Cantonese's favourite soup pot

Homemade Chinese Soups Homepage / Chinese double boiler This is basically a cantonese soup pot. The cantonese (people from Hong Kong and provine of Guangzhou) love to double-boil their soups. They believe this will seal the nutrients and flavor of the ingredients in the soup. To double-boil soup, a special ceramic soup pot known as the chinese double-boiler is needed. It has two covers; a small flatter inner cover and a bigger dome-shaped outer cover. Basically all the prepared ingredients are placed in the double-boiler together with just enough water or soup stock to cover the ingredients. The 2 covers are then placed securely on the pot. This results in minimum evaporation. The double-boiler is then placed inside a big pot filled halfway with water. It should only be half-submerged in the water. Cover the pot and heat the water in the pot on medium heat or just sufficient heat so that the water does not boil over. The average cooking time for double boil soup is about 4 hours. Refrain from opening the covers to check on the soup as this will bring down the temperature of the soup and affect the cooking. The chinese double boiler cannot be used directly on the stove top. It will break. In many instances, soups are served directly in the double boilers. As such, many have very nice and interesting designs. The one I have now spot fishes hand painted with blue paint. Fish symbolises abundance, more than enough. boat bench seat . Small screen Rendering.