A super easy and flavorful Chinese dried seaweed soup is a popular soup among home cooks. The recipe is very flexible and you can add whatever you like. You can cook this soup on the stove or with a pressure cooker.
Thinly slice the pork and then add the marinade ingredients and marinate for 15 minutes
Cooking on the stove:
Bring the chicken stock to a boil and then add pork slices and other ingredients, except for goji berries. Let them simmer for about 10 minutes over medium-low heat. Then add dried seaweed and goji berries and cook until the seaweed are softened, it shouldn't take long. Have a taste and add more salt and/or sugar as needed
Cooking with Instant Pot pressure cooker:
Pour in chicken stock into the inner pot of the Instant Pot. Add the pork slices, garlic, ginger, red dates, and seasonings. Give it a stir. Close the lid and turn the steam release valve to sealing. Press "pressure cooker" and make sure it's on "high pressure". Set the timer to 5 minutes and then natural release
Stir in the seaweed and goji berries. The residual heat will soften them. Have a taste and season accordingly to your preference
Serving:
You can discard the ginger slices just before serving (we usually eat them). Garnish with chopped green onion and some fresh cilantro leaves if you like