Slow-boiled soup 老火湯
ABC soup (tomato, potato and carrot)
番茄薯仔紅蘿蔔湯faan1 ke2 syu4 zai2 hung4 lo4 baak6 tong1
Gentle and balanced. Traditionally fine for most people, any time of year. Potato, carrot and pork are neutral; the slightly cold tomato is balanced by warm onion.
Good for A gentle everyday soup; potato and carrot are traditionally said to settle the stomach.
- 15 minprep
- 2 hcook
- 6servings
- One potAll year
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Ingredients
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- 2¾ quarts2.5 LWater
No pantry items here. Buy the fresh produce and meat locally or on Weee!.
Method
- Cut the tomatoes, potatoes, carrots and onion into large chunks. Cut the corn in 4.
- Put the meat in cold water, bring to a boil and let it bubble for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse off the scum.
- Bring the water to a rolling boil. Add everything, boil hard for 20 minutes, then cover and simmer on low for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Mash a few potato pieces against the pot to thicken the soup.
- Skim off any fat and season with salt just before serving.
Who should go easy
Suits almost everyone, kids included.
Traditional Chinese food therapy, not medical advice. Ask your doctor if you are pregnant, on medication or unwell.
Ingredient natures from Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022). How we judge a soup’s nature.
Watch someone make it
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