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"ABC soup", tomato, potato, carrot and corn soup with pork
ABC湯(番茄薯仔紅蘿蔔粟米瘦肉湯)
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
Ingredientsone pot, serves 4
Method
- Peel the tomatoes, potatoes and carrot and cut them into chunks; cut the corn into rounds.
- Cut the lean pork into large pieces and blanch it (汆水, a quick boil that draws out the blood and scum), then set aside.
- Put everything in the pot, add 2.5 litres of water and bring to the boil over high heat.
- Turn the heat to low and simmer for 1 to 1.5 hours, then season with salt.
Who it suits
- children
- older adults
- everyday family soup
Who should take care
- People with excess stomach acid should drink only a little (tomato)
- People with gout or high uric acid should limit long-boiled meat soups
Soup stories
Named after vitamins A, B and C. It is a mid twentieth century Hong Kong home invention that married Chinese and Western cooking, and it is now fully part of the canon, the first soup nearly every Hong Kong child meets.
From the same family
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.