Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Watercress Soup

Argh! The humid weather is taking a toll on me. This is one of my fave slow boiled soup which helps to cool me down. For me, no Chinese dinner is complete without a nice bowl of soup. So good that I can finish 2 bowls of it..

Ingredients (Serve 4)
300g watercress, trimmed
400g pork ribs / lean pork
4 red dates, seeded
2 Mi Zao (sweet dates)
2 litres water (for stock)

Method
Add boiling water to pork ribs to skim off fat (prevents the soup from turning cloudy). Repeat this step till the water is clear.

Boil water in a pot and add pork ribs. Simmer for 1 hour.

Add red dates and Mi Zao to the soup and simmer for 1 hour.

Place watercress in the soup and boil for 20 - 30 mins.

Add salt to taste and serve hot.

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