Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Red bean lotus root soup


These were the ingredients that went into the cooking pot besides the tail end bones of the pig. Lotus root from China, fish bones, red beans and preserved sugarless dates aka 'Mut choe'.

Ingredients
550 gm tail end of pig and some ribs, chopped
400 gm China lotus root
90 gm red beans, washed
3 sugarless preserved dates, washed
2 pices fish bones
10 cups water
Salt to taste




Preparation
Wash the pork ribs and tail pieces,
scald them in a pot of boiling water to remove scum.
Take out, rinse in running water, drain.
Peel and cut up the lotus root.
Bring to the boil 10 cups of water,
once boiling, add in the preserved dates,
lotus root, red beans, fish bones,
pork ribs and tail pieces.
Boil on medium low heat for 2.1/2 hours
till the meat is tender.
Add salt to taste.
Dish out and serve hot.



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