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{{Short description|Chinese sweet dessert soup}}
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| name             = Sweet potato soup
| image            = Sweet patatoes soup in home.jpg
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| country          = [[China]]
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| type             = [[Tong sui]]
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| main_ingredient  = [[Sweet potato]]es, [[rock candy]], [[ginger]]
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'''Sweet potato soup''' is a [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese]] dessert from [[Northern and southern China|Southern China]], and is especially popular in its Cantonese region.<ref name="foodcom">
{{cite web
|url=http://www.food.com/recipe/traditional-chinese-sweet-potato-ginger-dessert-soup-226455
|title=Traditional Chinese Sweet Potato & Ginger Dessert Soup
|author=c.k.Alvin
|work=food.com
|date=6 May 2007
|accessdate=12 August 2012
}}</ref>

==Cantonese cuisine==
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In [[Cantonese cuisine]], it is categorized as a [[tong sui]] 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]] and [[ginger]]. Sweet potato is one of the most commonly found and abundant vegetables grown in China.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050207230303/http://www.cgiar.org/impact/research/sweetpotato.html cgiar.org]</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]]
* [[List of Chinese soups]]
* [[List of sweet potato dishes]]
* [[List of soups]]
* [[Sweet potato pie]]
* {{portal-inline|Food}}

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[[Category:Chinese desserts]]
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