Description
A supreme warm-up/detox noodle putting shirataki in a pitch-black soup simmering pork ribs with herbs like Shi Quan Da Bu Tang, hugely popular in winter Taiwan night markets.
Restaurants serving Medicinal Pork Rib Shirataki Soup
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Shirataki
- Pork spare ribs
- Medicinal herb pack
- Salt
- Rice wine
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Put herb pack (Dong Quai, Chuanxiong, Shu Di, Guiji, etc.) in water, boil
- hr to make pitch-black medicinal soup.
- Parboil pork ribs, remove scum.
- Add ribs to medicinal soup, simmer
- hr until tender.
- Season with salt and rice wine.
- Add parboiled odor-free shirataki, boil a few mins until black soup permeates.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet aroma of Shu Di and celery-like medicinal scent of Dong Quai
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Chicken thigh (becomes Yaodun Jitui)
Pairing
Taiwan sweet Jiangyou Gao and doubanjiang(for dipping pork)
Trivia
[For Women] Eating with Mianxian (somen) is popular at night markets, but calorie-conscious Taiwanese girls unhesitatingly choose shirataki or Dongfen. Soup infused with Shu Di sweetness is surprisingly easy to drink despite its look, a magic soup drastically improving skin/gut health next morning.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Crush the tender pork with a spoon, slurping it with the black-soup-absorbed shirataki, making sweat pour from your whole body!
Allergen
Pork