Description
A highly popular winter medicinal hot pot in Southern China that warms the body from the core. 'Zhu Du' means pork stomach (tripe). Pork tripe and chicken are boiled with massive whole white peppercorns and herbs until the broth turns cloudy white. A rich collagen hot pot.
Restaurants serving Zhu Du Ji (Cantonese Pork Stomach and Chicken Soup)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork stomach
- Whole chicken
- Whole white peppercorns
- Goji berries
- Ginger
- Salt
- Pork bone broth
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Relentlessly wash pork stomach with salt, vinegar, and flour to obliterate odor. Blanch and julienne.
- Chop a premium free-range chicken bone-in and blanch.
- Dry-roast massive amounts of whole white peppercorns and crush them coarsely (pre-ground powder fails here).
- Boil a cloudy pork/chicken bone broth in a clay pot.
- Add tripe, chicken, massive crushed white pepper, ginger, and medicinal herbs.
- Cover and simmer on low-medium for
- 5-
- hours until tripe is tender and chicken collagen melts into the broth.
- Season with salt and a splash of milk to enhance cloudiness.
- Transfer to a tabletop stove and serve boiling.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Piercing heat and refreshing aroma of coarsely crushed whole white peppercorns
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Use JP pre-boiled pork tripe and bone-in chicken, boil with massive white pepper
Pairing
Cold Beer / White Rice
Trivia
[Trivia] Currently booming across hot pot chains in China as a two-in-one delicious hot pot base. Born from the Hakka culture of food-as-medicine, it is the ultimate drinkable stomach medicine that blows away winter cold and digestive fatigue.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] You MUST drink just the soup first. The violent stimulation of white pepper pierces your throat, immediately followed by the rich umami of tripe and chicken. After eating the meat, enjoy a second round of hot pot by swishing sliced beef and lettuce in the remaining broth.
Allergen
Pork, Poultry, Dairy