Make this super easy, light, and nourishing Chinese style sweet corn pork ribs soup with some superfood like goji berries and red dates added using Instant pot pressure cooker or on the stove.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the pork ribs and boil for 5 minutes. Discard the water and rinse the pork ribs clean to remove any scums or impurities. Rinse the pot clean too
If cooking with Instant Pot pressure cooker:
Place the blanched pork ribs and the rest of the ingredients except for goji berries and salt into the inner pot of Instant Pot. Pour in water just enough to cover everything in the pot
Cover the lid and turn the pressure valve to "sealing". Press "pressure cooker" and make sure it's on "high pressure". Set timer to 30 minutes. If you want tender fall off the bone tender, set it to 35-40 minutes. If you are using pork rib tips, set timer to 15 minutes. Wait 5 minutes and then release pressure fully
Carefully unlock the lid. Stir in goji berries. The residual heat will soften the berries. Season with sugar and salt to your taste. Garnish with chopped green onions and cilantro leaves
If cooking on the stove:
Using the same pot you use to blanch the pork earlier, add about 8 cups of water or enough to cover everything in the pot later. Bring to a boil and then add the pork ribs and everything else except for goji berries, and potatoes. Bring back to a boil and then lower the heat to let it simmer on medium to low heat for the next 1 1/2 - 2 hours for large pork ribs/spare ribs and about 45 minutes to 1 hour for pork rib tips. Add the potatoes in about 15 minutes before the end of cooking time
Stir in the goji berries after the pork ribs soup is done cooking. Have a taste and season with sugar and salt to your taste
Garnish with chopped green onion and fresh cilantro leaves