Ingredients
- Serves 4 people
500 g pork spare ribs
400 g lotus root
1 ear corn (cut into chunks)
1 carrot (cut into chunks)
60 g ginger (peeled and sliced)
5 cloves garlic (smashed)
2 tbsp Shaoxing wine
2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1 chilli padi (sliced)
salt (to taste)
4 L water
Instructions
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Prepare lotus root
- Peel and clean lotus root, then slice and set aside.
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Boil pork
- In a pot filled with boiling water, add pork and boil for 5 minutes. Skim off the scum from the top of the boiling water, then transfer the pork to a larger pot.
![Boil pork]( "Boil pork")
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Simmer soup
- Add sliced lotus root, corn, carrot, ginger, garlic and 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine to the pot. Cover and simmer at medium low heat for 2 hours. After 2 hours, season with salt to taste, then remove from heat.
| For added flavor, you can also add ½ cup shelled peanuts or groundnuts to the soup.
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Make dipping sauce
- In a small dish, combine 2 tbsp light soy sauce, 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp sugar and chilli padi.
![Make dipping sauce]( "Make dipping sauce")
Plate and Serve!
Serve this dipping sauce for the ribs, along with hot soup!