For the chicken soup, place all the soup ingredients into a large saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil.

In the south of Portugal (Alentejo), "baldroegas" are used as a soup ingredient.

Place all the soup ingredients except the coconut milk and basil in a pot over medium heat.

The machine did double duty, also pureeing the chilled soup ingredients.

The black turtle bean is also popular as a soup ingredient.

The shark fins provide texture while the taste comes from the other soup ingredients.

Other big sellers were such soup ingredients as dried chili peppers and numerous varieties of beans.

In Swabia, cut pancakes (Flädle) are a traditional soup ingredient.

It is a common soup ingredient in Mediterranean countries.

The inside is then filled with soup ingredients such as Chinese cured ham, and several Chinese herbs.