Comforting and hearty pork ribs soup is flavored with the aromatic and sweet black garlic and Chinese herbs. This is an easy no-fuss soup recipe perfect for everyday home cooking.
A small handful of fresh cilantro stemssave the leaves for garnishing
Seasonings:
½tspsugar
1tspsaltor to your taste
Garnishes:
Cilantro leaves you saved earlier
1stalkgreen onionthinly sliced
Instructions
Place the ribs in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and let it boil for about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat. Discard water and rinse the rib with clean water to get rid of scums and impurities
Pressure cooker (Instant Pot) method:
Place the ribs, water, black garlic, carrots and red dates in the inner pot of instant pot. Add the cilantro stems and seasonings. Cover the lid. Turn the steam release valve to seal. Press pressure cooker. Make sure it's on high pressure. Set the timer to 45 minutes if you use whole individual pork ribs and 25 minutes if you cut the ribs into bite size. Wait 10 minutes to release pressure entirely after that
Carefully unlock the lid and add the goji berries to the soup. Lock the lid back. Sometimes you may have a bit difficulty doing that after releasing pressure, but if you wait a little bit, you will be able to close the lid back again. Let the residual heat cook and soften the goji berries. Read my post above for more details why we do this
Have taste and season with salt to your taste if needed. Garnish with cilantro leaves and sliced green onions and serve warm with a bowl of rice or with noodles. Your choice!
Notes
You can leave the pork ribs into individual ribs or ask the butcher to cut them into bite-size pieces for you