Tasty soup! I won't pretend to be a nutritionist or a TCM physician getting all technical and abstract about protein content and the soup's ability to warm the body - all I care is if it tastes good and if it makes me feel good. This is a first try - endorsed by wife! I used it to replace a meat dish for dinner.
(For 2 pax - 1 meal)
1. Pork Spare Ribs 排骨 (1x pack from NTUC, ~250g; or half a pack of Porkee frozen prime ribs)
2. Dried red dates 红枣 (x2 dates)
3. Yuzhu 玉竹 (~10 strips)
4. Dried sea whelk strips 响螺片(~5 strips)
5. Huai Shan 淮山 (2-3 strips)
6. Qizi 杞子 ( 1 tablespoonful)
All these can be found in supermarkets or common traditional medicine shops like 福华/正中平. Other recipes will mostly consist of items easily available in supermarkets even at 2am.
To prepare:
Day 0 (at night before you go to sleep):
- Clean items 2,3,5 and 6, chuck everything into the fridge after washing
- Cut the dried sea whelk into smaller strips. Wash and soak them in water overnight in the fridge.
Day 1 (first thing in the morning):
- Boil a small pot of water. Boil the pork ribs in the boiling water for 3-5min to get rid of the unwanted blood. Wash the pork ribs.
- Dump all ingredients into either i) the pot of a slow cooker or ii) the inner pot of a thermal cooker. Fill with 2.5 large bowls of water (the bowls one uses for noodles)
- Bring the mixture to a boil on the stove, then keep it simmering. Now, brush your teeth, have your breakfast, and get ready for work.
- Before you step out of the house, put the pot into the slow cooker and let it cook for the duration you are at work. If you use a thermal cooker, put the inner pot into the outer sheath, and go to work.
Day 1b. (Ready to eat!)
- When you (or your partner, housemate, whoever) return home from work, put the soup back onto the stove, and bring it to a boil. Add approx. 1 teaspoon of salt, depending on your taste. Let it simmer for 15min or until you are ready for dinner (take care not to dry out the pot!).
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