Long soup is just a type of soup with noodles.
Short and long soup is a combination of both these soups and contains both noodles and wontons.
Long Soup is also called Chinese noodle soup.
You can eat this long soup as a main meal or serve it with salad, spring rolls, or your favorite Chinese dumplings. In Chinese tradition, long noodles are a symbol of long life and prosperity.
There's also short soup which is made with Wontons while Long soup is made with noodles.
Short soup and long soup are two dishes you can usually find in Chinese restaurants.
However, it’s interesting to note that the origins of these soups are not really Chinese but instead Australian.
In some menus, you’ll even see long and short soup, which is a combination of these two soups and contains both noodles and wontons.
When you are preparing long soup, you can either cook the noodles separately and add them to the broth or cook them completely in the broth.
There are different recipes for long soup, with slight differences in preparation and ingredients.
Below is a very easy-to-make recipe of long soup.
- First, heat the chicken broth in a large saucepan and bring it to a boil.
- Next, add green onions and Bok Choy.
- Now add light and dark soy sauce; also, add oyster sauce.
- Add the uncooked noodles to the soup.
- Once the noodles are cooked, turn off the heat and cook. (Read the instructions on the noodle package for the cooking time).
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The main difference between short and long soup is that short soup is a soup with wonton while the long soup is a soup with noodles.
Short and long soup, which is a combination of both these soups, contains wontons and noodles.