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Pork Bones with Bok Choy and Tofu Soup
Submitted by LadyTong on January 3, 2009 – 3:56 amOne Comment | 23,037 views
Soup Name: Pork Bones with Dried Bok Choy Soup
Traditional Chinese Name: 菜乾湯 (tāng)
Introduction:
The dried bok choy is a very popular ingredient to use in soups.
What Ingredients are required?
5-6 pieces of fresh pork bones
1 tablespoon of apricot kernals
3 large dried dates
1-2 bunches of dried bok choy
10-15 pieces of fresh bok choy (optional)
1 package of fresh tofu
1.5 – 2 L of cold water
How do I prepare it?
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Pre-soak the dried bok choy for at least 2 hours (or until soft)
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Start boiling your soup water
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In another pot of boiling water, blanch the pork bones
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Add the apricot kernals, dates, dried bok choy and blanched pork bones to your soup
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Boil for at least 2 hours
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Add fresh bok choy and boil for at least another 30 minutes or until the fresh bok choy becomes soft
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Add tofu 15 minutes before consumption and boil
Any benefits?
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This soup is traditionally used to relieve heatiness
Any precautions?
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Women who are pregnant (less than 3 months into term) or menstrating should drink in moderation as it watercress is a “cool” food and can potentially cause contractions
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[…] I quite like all the other food, though. It’s nothing spectacular, but I’d liken it to good Cantonese home cooking, and that’s not something you get a lot of in this city! I also like that they have a complimentary lai tong (soup of the day), even though they never give me any until I ask for it, since they always assume I am not Chinese. Tonight’s was dried bok choy with pork bones. […]
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Back to my roots, always had Choy Goohn Tong back in my pre school days and even now, at least once monthly
Great recipes 😉