「Tangerine Peel and Pork Rib Soup」

Ingredients and amounts

• 4-5 pork ribs (or pork bones as substitute), to taste
• 1 segment of aged tangerine peel (typically 8-20 years aged; 1 whole piece is 3 segments, use 1 segment)
• 9 slices American ginseng (also known as Panax quinquefolius), to taste
• 6 dendrobium stems
• 5 slices polygonatum odoratum (jade bamboo)
• 7 ophiopogon japonicus (dwarf lilyturf) roots
• 1 soup pot (for 1 serving)
• 5 g salt, to taste

Step-by-step method

1. 1

   Step 1

   Blanch the pork ribs in hot water to remove blood and impurities.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Rinse the tangerine peel, ophiopogon, polygonatum odoratum, dendrobium, and American ginseng until clean.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Wash the soup pot thoroughly.

4. 4

   Step 4

   Open the soup pot and place the pork ribs at the bottom. Then add the tangerine peel, ophiopogon, polygonatum odoratum, dendrobium, and American ginseng in order.

5. 5

   Step 5

   Add hot water to the soup pot, being careful not to fill it too full.

6. 6

   Step 6

   Place the pot in a larger container of water and simmer for 1.5 hours.

7. 7

   Step 7

   Add salt and serve hot.