Pork Ribs & Lotus Root Soup

Ingredients (serves 4)

1 kg pork ribs
5 cloves garlic
6 red dates (seeded)
1 lotus root (about 400g)
30g ginseng slices
2 1/2 litre stock/water
salt & pepper to taste
shredded spring onions for garnish


1 Wash pork ribs with salt to remove slime. Rinse and dry.
2 Place all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil.
3 Transfer to a slow cooker set on low and continue to cook for 4 hours till pork ribs are tender.
4 Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with spring onions.


tip!
You can use chicken instead of pork ribs.


Extracted from Simply Her / March 2005