CHINESE WATERCRESS SOUP RECIPE
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Watercress soup can help alleviate dry coughs, sore throats and irritability. A cooling and nutritious earthy soup.
Author: Yvonne Oh
Recipe type: Slow Simmer Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 bunch of watercress - ends trimmed and washed
- 300 g pork ribs
- 6-8 dried red dates
- 1 carrot - peeled and cut into large pieces
- 6-8 dried oysters
- 3 tbsp of goji berries
- 2 honey dates
- 20 g ikan bilis (dried anchovies) - rinsed
- 6 cups water
- Salt - to taste
Instructions
- Blanch the pork ribs in a pot of boiling water for about 5 minutes to remove surface scum. This process makes for a clearer soup. Remove, rinse and set aside.
- Transfer all the ingredients into a soup pot and bring to a boil. Once it is boiling, turn to the lowest heat and simmer for about 1.5 to 2 hours or until pork ribs are soft.
- Season with salt to taste.
Cooking Notes
1. You can substitute pork with chicken meat or chicken carcass or even a mixture of both.
2. Add in watercress about an hour into the cooking time if you don't want the watercress to be too soft.
2. Add in watercress about an hour into the cooking time if you don't want the watercress to be too soft.
Recipe by Souper Diaries at https://souperdiaries.com/watercress-with-pork-ribs-soup/