Slow-boiled soup 老火湯
Corn and carrot pork bone soup
粟米紅蘿蔔豬骨湯suk1 mai5 hung4 lo4 baak6 zyu1 gwat1 tong1
Gentle and balanced. Traditionally fine for most people, any time of year. Corn and carrot are neutral.
Good for The everyday house soup: sweet, mild and said to be kind to the stomach.
- 10 minprep
- 2 hcook
- 6servings
- One potAll year
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Ingredients
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- 2¾ quarts2.5 LWater
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Method
- Cut the corn and carrots in chunks.
- 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.
- Skim off any fat and season with salt just before serving.
Who should go easy
Suits everyone.
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.
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