Ingredients
300g pork
2 tomatoes (quartered)
2 medium potatoes (cut into chunks)
2 large onions (cut into wedges)
1 large carrot (cut into chunks)
1 medium pumpkin (cut into chunks)
1-2 sweet corns (husked and cut into 3-4 chunks)
6-8 red dates
Handful of goji
A small piece of preserved vegetable “Zha Cai” – （榨菜）
2.5 litres water
Salt to taste
Optional
– 4-6 dried scallops
– 4-6 dried oysters
Method
1. Par-boil pork ribs.
2.Clean the par-boiled pork ribs under running water.
3.Quarter and/or cut the ingredients : carrots, sweet corn, pumpkins, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and preserved vegetable “Zha Cai”.
4.Bring 2500ml of water to boil in a big pot.
5.Once the water boils, add in the pork ribs, carrots, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, sweet corns, pumpkins, red dates, goji, dried scallops & oysters, preserved vegetable “Zha Cai” to boil for 10 minutes.
6.Bring the flame down and boil the soup for at least 2 hours. To check the water level from time to time and add some hot water if the water is drying out fast.
7.Season the soup with salt.