Pig Small Intestine Soup
A clear soup simmered with pork small intestine, fox nuts (gorgon fruit), Chinese yam, Job's tears, and lotus seeds.
Ingredients
Pig small intestine (turned inside out, cleaned by rubbing with flour, rinsed, then simmered with salad oil and 2000ml water for about 40 minutes until slightly tender, drained and cut into small pieces)
Fox nuts (gorgon fruit), washed
Chinese yam, washed
Coix seeds (Job's tears), washed
Lotus seeds, washed
Water (for steaming the fox nuts and other ingredients)
240 ml
Stock
Salt
2 tsp
Chicken powder
1 tsp
Rice wine
1 tbsp
Instructions
1
Step 1
Turn the pig small intestine inside out, rub with flour to clean, then rinse well with water. Combine with salad oil and 2000ml water and simmer for about 40 minutes until the intestine is slightly tender. Drain and cut into small pieces; set aside.
2
Step 2
Wash the fox nuts, Chinese yam, coix seeds, and lotus seeds. Add 240ml water and steam for about 40 minutes until cooked through, then remove. Bring to a boil together with the stock. Add the salt, chicken powder, and pig small intestine and simmer briefly to absorb the flavors. Finish with a few drops of rice wine before serving.
