ABC soup

ABC soup is easy to make while nutritious. After reading the ingredients, you will know why.


Ingredients
500gm of pork ribs or half a chicken
300gm of potatoes
2 carrots
1 tomato
2 big onions

1. Prepare all the vegetables, peel and cut the potatoes and onions in wedges. Peel and cut the Carrots in sections. Lastly is the tomato, to be cut into quarters.

2. To bring to boil 3 liter of plain water in a pot.

3. When the water boils, put in the meat to cook. Let me meat cook in boiling water for a few minutes.

4. Put in all the vegetables except the tomatoes. Boil for another 2 hours in small flame. When the Soup is almost ready, put in the tomatoes.

5. Ready to serve.

note: Some like the soup to be a bit spicy, add some pepper or black pepper at step 3. All the goodness of the meat and vegetables are in the soup. Best serve when weather is cold or when having a fever.

radish soup

Soup before dinner is commong everywhere, the same here in Malaysia.
White radish soup is sweet and tasty, a truly healthy Malaysian dish. Chinese said it has cooling effects on the body too. This time, i would like to cook the soup over the stove instead of using a slow cooker.




Ingredients:

500gm-1kg of pork ribs
one white radish
kei chi (red color herb)



1. boil 2 liter of water in a stainles steel pot. i personally like to use corning ware to boil my soup. corningware is made of ceramic and the lid is made from clear glass. so it's easier for me to observe the soup if it boils over.

2. when the water boils, place the meat inside. wait for a few minutes before adding the radish. add a handful of kei chi.

3. boil the soup for at least two hour with small flame. add a pinch of salt and stir. ready to serve.

The soup can also be used for making steamboat. Just simply drain the radish and meat out, place the suop in a hotpot and cook seafood, meat and vegetables ala steamboat.

peanut soup

soup is common in chinese household. like the common phrase 'sam sung yat tong' meaning three dish one soup.

i like peanut soup. easy to make and tasty.

the ingredient is as follow:

500 gm of pork ribs/ chicken
200 gm of ground nuts
100 gm of salted vege (note: not ham choi, but tai tau choi)

the night before, the groundnuts have to be soaked in water for one night. the pork ribs have to be defrooze.

in the morning......
firstly, i boil a kettle of water.
then i place the pork ribs into the slow cooker jar.
when the water boils, pour the hot water into the pork ribs to 'cook it'

for 2 pax, usually i use 1.8-2.0 liter of water. too much water may cause the soup to be tasteless.

then i place the goundnuts and salted vege into the slow cooker.
set to 'auto' and i let it simmer and boil until i reach home from work.

when i came home, i give the soup a stir and taste. the salted vege should give the soup some taste. if not sufficient, add one teaspoon of salt and stir.

ready to be served.