Chinese
Chinese - Dongbei Northeastern Cuisine
Sour Cabbage Pork Soup
Chef's Menu Description
A wholesome, deeply comforting soup crafted from slow-simmered stock, aromatic garden vegetables, and fresh herbs, served with crusty bread.
Ingredients
- • 400g pickled cabbage (suan cai), rinsed and squeezed
- • 500g pork belly, in one piece
- • 1 litre pork stock
- • 100g vermicelli noodles, soaked
- • 3 slices ginger
- • 2 cloves garlic, smashed
- • 1 spring onion, chopped
- • 1 tbsp cooking oil
- • 1/2 tsp salt
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Put the pork belly, ginger, and garlic in the stock and simmer for 40 minutes.
2
Phase 2
Remove the pork belly, slice it thinly, and return the slices to the pot.
3
Phase 3
Stir in the pickled cabbage and simmer 20 minutes more.
4
Phase 4
Add the soaked vermicelli and cook 5 minutes until transparent.
5
Phase 5
Season with salt, scatter with spring onion, and serve hot.