Chinese Yam with Pork Ribs Soup / Congee

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This is a soup which contain high nutrition, because Chinese Yam (Shan Yao) contains Vitamin C, Iron Frolic, Calcium  and many others nutrition. It is good to our spleen and stomach, and it’s also able to strengthen the Lungs and replenishes Jing (essence of life). One of the functions of Chinese yam is help to anti-oxidise and built up our immune system. It is also help to slowdown deteriorate of age. Actually I cook this soup to be the base for the macaroni, but my mum-in law said it will be bit hard to my father-in-law, so that I used it to cook the congee for him.

Ingredients:

500g Pork Ribs

½ Chinese Yam   (Shan Yao)                                    

30g Chinese Wolf Berries (Gou Qi)                      

2 Slices Ginger             

Some Salts
                           

Method for Soup：

1.       Clean the pork ribs and rinse it with hot boiled water. Peel off the Chinese yam and cut it into small pieces.

2.       Boil 8 bowls of water, then add in the pork ribs and ginger, cook for 30 minutes. Put in the Chinese yam and wolf berries, continue to cook until the Chinese yam is completely done.

3.        Add in the salts to taste and serve.

Method for Congee:

1.       Put a handful of rice into 3 bowls of soup which with some Chinese yam to cook for 1hour in the lowest heat.

Note:

1.       Chinese yam must peel off to avoid the feeling of itchy. For the fresh Chinese yam can clean with the water which have add in the vinegar to avoid slippery and get cut accidentally. Steep the cut Chinese yams into the water with salt to avoid the colour turn into black after oxidize.

2.       The peel of Chinese yam will cause skin sensitiveness, it is better to wear hand glove when peel off the Chinese yam, and wash your hand immediately after cutting the Chinese yam.

3.       You may add in the soup during the process of cooking if you feel the congee is lack of moist.

    Chinese Yam with Pork Ribs Soup

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