Sorry no pix! Last weekend, a loved one fell sick - feverish, cough, headache, sore throat, the whole works. I felt so sorry for him that I thought a big bowl of broth would cheer him up. Due to time constrain, I decided to cook the classic 'ABC soup'. I wonder what ABC stands for too but never really got an answer. But anyway, the classic ABC soup has diced potatoes, carrots, onions and tomatoes (celery, corn, etc are optional). I accidentally bought chicken and then I recalled that he's having a cough, so I swapped it with pork ribs. Everybody love ribs right?
So here's what you need:
2 carrots - diced (to whatever shape you like but remember the larger chunk, the longer you have to cook it)
2 potatoes - diced
2 small white onion - I used one but because onion dissolves into the soup once it's soft, I suggest you use two instead
4 small tomatoes - I used 2 cause I was kinda worried that the pot won't fit and there're too much veg to every spoon of soup but they dissolve as well so 4 should be good
Pork ribs - I used about 10 pieces
Salt and pepper to taste
Here's what you need to do:
You could be very lazy - wash and throw everything into the pot, but I'd like my soup to look clear so I blanched and boiled the pork ribs in boiling water with a bit of salt to get all the impurities and excess oil out. Remove from pot, wash (the pot) and fill it up with any amount of water you like. Put the pork ribs and potatoes in first cause these are the hardest to cook. After 10 minutes, put everything else except for the tomatoes, which go in after another 10 minutes. Once everything is in, bring to boil. Once it's boiling, lower down the fire to a simmer and let it slow cook for about another half an hour to 40 minutes so that everything is soft including the pork ribs. Add salt and pepper to taste, 10 minutes before serving.
And at the end, you get a big appreciative smile from a sick patient whom you just cheered up with a bowl of awesome :)
If you need something more filling, serve with white rice. Mix soup into white rice and eat while hot. When I was young, my mother used to serve me that when I was ill. Always made me feel better :)
So here's what you need:
2 carrots - diced (to whatever shape you like but remember the larger chunk, the longer you have to cook it)
2 potatoes - diced
2 small white onion - I used one but because onion dissolves into the soup once it's soft, I suggest you use two instead
4 small tomatoes - I used 2 cause I was kinda worried that the pot won't fit and there're too much veg to every spoon of soup but they dissolve as well so 4 should be good
Pork ribs - I used about 10 pieces
Salt and pepper to taste
Here's what you need to do:
You could be very lazy - wash and throw everything into the pot, but I'd like my soup to look clear so I blanched and boiled the pork ribs in boiling water with a bit of salt to get all the impurities and excess oil out. Remove from pot, wash (the pot) and fill it up with any amount of water you like. Put the pork ribs and potatoes in first cause these are the hardest to cook. After 10 minutes, put everything else except for the tomatoes, which go in after another 10 minutes. Once everything is in, bring to boil. Once it's boiling, lower down the fire to a simmer and let it slow cook for about another half an hour to 40 minutes so that everything is soft including the pork ribs. Add salt and pepper to taste, 10 minutes before serving.
And at the end, you get a big appreciative smile from a sick patient whom you just cheered up with a bowl of awesome :)
If you need something more filling, serve with white rice. Mix soup into white rice and eat while hot. When I was young, my mother used to serve me that when I was ill. Always made me feel better :)
