May 19, 2012
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ABC Soup
There’s this joke about ABC soup that in the past, the Chinese who migrated to USA doesn’t know about the spellings of Onions, Potatoes and Carrots.
And because these 3 veggies are the most readily available and cheap ones so the Chinese liked to use them to make soups. When people asked the name of this soup they called it ABC because it’s “A-nions, B-otatoes and C-arrots”.
Well, there’s a lot of sayings for it too. Some say it’s all ABC because it’s the most common soup cooked by the ABCs (American-Born Chinese).
Whatever, I just love this soup because it’s simple and easy to prepare. LOL.
All you need is… Onions and Potatoes!
Just joking, I was too lazy to take pictures of the rest of the ingredients and merely took this. LOLs.
- Pork ribs or chicken (I’ve used soft bone pork this time because I wanna eat the soft bones for my collagen intake!)
- Carrot
- Potato
- Yellow onionBlanch the pork ribs in boiling water. (Basically that means to boil the ribs until all the weird gross foamy bits came out. LOL)
Pour away the water and add room temperature water to cool it.
Chop all the veggies into chunks.
Add everything together into a soup pot.
Add some wolfberries for the sweetness.
Add more water and bring the soup to boil.
Simmer on low fire for around an hour (for me I love to simmer for up to 1.5hours to really soften the meat, especially the soft bones).
Add some salt and ta-da~! Your ABC soup is done!
Some people who likes to have a stronger (and saltier) taste to their soup may consider to add a stock cube instead of salt prior to simmering.
For me, my secret ingredient to make the soup taste better is…
This! Dried scallops!!
I added them in before bringing the soup to boil. For some others they might use ikan billis, soy beans or dried shrimps to add flavor to the soup.
There are many different versions of ABC soups that different people have made and personally I’ve seen some people adding celery or tomatoes too. After so many trial and errors I still prefer my soup the way I made it.
Comments (3)
best soup ever!!! eh, i didnt know you put wolfberries in the soup! mm.. should try that out one day
Oh i love ABC soup. It’s one of those things that brings you much comfort cuz it reminds me of home
@mich_yap - I add wolfberry to all my chinese soups! To me wolfberries are everything. In fact, my mum has taught me to drink wolfberry tea everyday to lose weight. Not sure if it’ll work for me but my mum’s tummy have flatten a bit since she started drinking a month ago. *winkz*
@cupcakequeenie - Yeah this is like a very comforting soup to drink especially on a cold day.