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What Is Green Grass Soup?

Green grass soup can refer to either a green-colored soup generally made with lemon grass or a type of tea from the Moganshan village, which lies about 125 miles from Shanghai, China.
  1. Lemon Grass Soup

    • Lemon grass soups use lemon grass as a main ingredient. Although many different lemon grass soup recipes exist, most of them use poultry or seafood (prawns or shrimp) as a major ingredient. Chilies and mushrooms are other common ingredients. These soups typically are served as appetizers.

    English Grass Soup

    • English grass soup is a chicken-, celery- and leek-based soup that doesn't have use any real grass in the preparation. Potato and zucchinis are the other main ingredients in English grass soup.

    Qingcaotang Tea

    • Qingcaotang tea sometimes is called green grass soup. This type of tea is brewed in the Moganshan village, a small village in China, using tea leaves grown at a high altitude. This type of tea is not common outside of the Moganshan village.