
- 1 cup Organic Dark Red Kidney Beans, soaked in water overnight (or three 15 oz. cans)
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped
- 2 TB, chopped scallion (Cong Bai)
- 1 TB minced garlic (Da Suan)
- 1 TB olive oil
- 1 TB butter
- Ham Shank, (natural, uncured, fully cooked), cut bite-sized meat
- ¼ C whole goji berries, (Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子)
- 14 Green Cardamom pods (green Indian cardamon tastes best) slightly crack each pod.
- 3 TB, fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ¾ tsp paprika
- Pinch or so, cayenne pepper (Hua Jiao) – according to taste