Description
A nourishing soup warming winter night markets, where bone-in pork ribs (Pai Gu) are simmered meltingly soft in a pitch-black, sweet-bitter broth blended with dozens of herbs like 'Shiquan Dabu Tang'.
Restaurants serving Medicinal Pork Rib Soup
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork ribs(bone-in)
- Herbs like Shiquan Dabu Tang
- Rice wine
- Rock sugar
- Salt
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Medicinal Soup] Prepare a 'Shiquan Dabu Tang' base of Chinese herbs that improve blood circulation: Dong Quai, lovage, Rehmannia (key to black soup), white peony, cassia, licorice, goji berries.
- Boil massive water, spice bag, and plenty of rice wine in a giant pot until the soup turns pitch black with a sweet/bitter aroma.
- Parboil bone-in pork ribs (Pai Gu) to remove scum.
- Toss parboiled ribs into the medicinal soup, simmer on low for over
- hours until meat falls off the bone.
- Season with salt and a little rock sugar.
- Heap the bone-in meat high in a bowl, pour the piping hot black soup over it. Serve with a Taiwanese doubanjiang-based sauce.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense medicinal aroma of Dong Quai
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Store-bought medicinal hot pot base, Pork spareribs
Pairing
Lu Rou Fan or Mianxian staples
Trivia
[For Adults] The true identity of the intense herbal smell near the entrance of Taipei's 'Raohe Street Night Market'. Looks black like muddy water, but drinking it reveals no harsh bitterness, surprisingly natural sweetness, and easy drinkability. Warms you from the core.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Hold the bone by hand, not chopsticks. Scrape the fall-apart meat soaked in black soup off with your teeth, and suck the bone marrow dry!
Allergen
Pork, (Soy/Wheat in sauce)