Ning Xia Premium Wolfberry 100g

About wolfberries

Small dried red berries, sweet and slightly tangy, soft rather than crisp when they are fresh stock. The Ningxia ones are the standard for size and sweetness; the wild black ones are a different, smaller berry that colours water purple. This pack is 100 g net, a premium grade. At the quantities below that is about 20 brews.

Also known as goji berries, gou qi zi, kei chi, 枸杞子, chinese wolfberry, ningxia goji.

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What people use it for

Perhaps the most-used dried ingredient in a Singapore kitchen: a handful into any soup in the last ten minutes, into steamed chicken, into porridge, into a mug with red dates and chrysanthemum, or eaten dry by the spoonful.

How to prepare it

No soaking needed. Add a tablespoon at the end of cooking - long boiling makes them mushy and the soup cloudy. For a drink, a teaspoon per mug in just-boiled water, 5 minutes.

Keeping it

Airtight. In Singapore humidity they clump; the fridge is fine and keeps them plump.