*112. Spare Ribs Soup

Name: Spare Ribs Soup (排骨湯)
Yield: Serves 2 to 3 persons
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ lb. (2 cakes) bean curd; ½ lb. (2 cakes) bean curd; ¼ level teaspoon pepper; ½ level teaspoon salt; ½ level teaspoon sugar; ¾ level teaspoon MSG; ½ lb. spare ribs, separated; 1 large stalk pickled mustard green, or 2 spring onions (scallions); 2½ pints (6 cups) water; 1 large stalk pickled mustard green, or 2 spring onions (scallions); 1 large stalk pickled mustard green, or 2 spring onions (scallions)

排骨湯

Preparation info

Serves
2 to 3
persons

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Chinese Gastronomy

By Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin

Published 1957

About

Ingredients

2½ pints (6 cups) water
1 large stalk pickled mustard green

Asia
China
Gluten-free
Soup

Method

Bring water to the boil with the mustard green, spare ribs and seasonings. Simmer the soup for 1½ hours, then add the bean curd, each cake cut into nine cubes.