the key to a robust bowl of soup lies in the bones. the deep rich flavors are hidden in the cartilage, tendon, and bone marrow. to extract all that goodness, one must cook the ingredients low and slow. making good soup is not hard, you just throw everything in a pot and walk away.
the soup we’re making is a cantonese favorite. for this recipe, we used pork leg bones, near the knee joint. you may use any sort of pork bones found at your local butcher, such as pork neck bones. using a pressure cooker (which is what we did) cuts down the cooking time by half. so having one around the house is a great investment.
pork bones 1.5-2 lb (0.7-1 kg)
medium potato 2
medium tomato 3
medium carrot 2
medium onion 1
celery 3 stalks
salt 1 tbsp
bay leaf 2 (optional)
- wash the bones and rough chop all the veggies
- in a stock pot, add water to fill almost halfway up the pot (around 2.5 liters for us)
- throw in the pork bones and bring to a boil
- once boiled, reduce heat to low-medium and boil for 1.5 hours
- turn heat to high and throw in all the veggies, salt, and bay leaves
- once boiled, reduce heat back to low-medium and boil for another hour
- salt to taste, if necessary
commentaries
jun:
have you noticed that there’s a layer of scum floating on the water when boiling the bones. the trick to preventing that is to blanch the bones first in separate pot. this helps boil off the blood and protein that causes that layer of scum. blanch the bones in boiling water for a couple of minutes, then throw the bones in the stock pot. discard the blanching water.
YUUMMMY! This looks so good. I have added this to my list of soups to make,
I make a similar broth to use as the base for my lentil and yellow split pea soups. I’ll try this next time, it looks awesome! I have heard that you can roast the bones first to intensify the flavor, but I’ve never tried it. I love the parboiling technique, although I usually still need to skim off some foam as the broth cooks.
i’ve heard the same thing, it should give it a more concentrated flavor. i give it a try too the next time i’m using the oven. throw some pork bones in there.
I’ve been looking for a good basic pork broth for a while. Thank you so much for posting this.
thank you! hope you like it.
Wonderful soup!
thank you!
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