Apple and Snow Fungus Pork Rib Soup
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Description
A Cantonese-rooted medicinal soup simmering apple, pork ribs, and 'white fungus (Xue Er)'. Apple's sweet/sourness and white fungus's gooeyness gently moisturize the stomach and gut.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Apple
- White fungus(Xue Er)
- Pork spare ribs
- Ginger
- Salt
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Rehydrate dried white fungus (Xue Er) well in water, trim hard bases, tear bite-sized.
- Parboil pork ribs, wash off scum.
- Core apple leaving skin on, cut into large wedges (*Skin-on is the iron rule to prevent crumbling).
- Put water, ribs, white fungus, ginger slices in a pot, simmer
- mins.
- Add apple and goji berries, simmer another
- mins.
- Season with salt to finish (apple yields supreme dashi).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet fruity apple aroma and pork richness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Pear or papaya (functions similarly as a fruit soup)
Pairing
Fried rice、Palate cleanser for strong-flavored stir-fries
Trivia
[For Women] Putting apples in soup is uncommon in Japan, but 'fruit soups (Shuiguo Tang)' using fruit enzymes and sweetness as 'dashi' are highly popular in Taiwan/HK. Natural collagen and soluble fiber melting from white fungus sit in the stomach prolonging satiety, making it the ultimate beauty diet soup.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Eat the piping hot apple—turned into a 'gooey compote' absorbing massive soup—at the very end like a dessert!
Allergen
Pork, (Apple)