I’m a soup lover (though I’m not Cantonese) and my mum would always pamper me with my favourite soups when I go back for dinner at her place. This soup – spinach soup – is definitely one of my favourites (and my mum’s too!). I cooked this tonight for our dinner and had an extra bowl of it! 🙂
Spinach soup recipe
Spinach soup recipe
Author: Simply Mommie
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 bunch spinach or baby spinach (heng cai in Cantonese or xian cai in Mandarin) - I prefer baby spinach coz it's easier to prepare and more tender
- 10 fish balls
- 2-3 chicken carcasses
- 250g pork ribs
- 10g dried scallops
- a handful of dried shrimp
- 40g ikan bilis
- 3 cloves garlic (keep the skin on)
- 3L water
Instructions
- Place chicken bones and pork ribs in a soup pot of water (with enough water to cover the ingredients) and bring the water to a boil. Discard the water (it should be full of scum and impurities) and place the chicken bones and pork ribs in a soup bag together with the washed ikan bilis, dried shrimp and garlic.
- Place all the ingredients (except the spinach and fish balls) into the soup pot of water.
- Bring to a boil then simmer on low heat for at least two hours.
- In a saucepan, bring some water to boil then blanch the spinach for about 30 seconds, just to 'clean' the spinach (spinach is in the dirty dozen list).
- Add the fish balls and spinach only when about to serve as they cook really fast.
- Add salt/fish sauce to taste (only after adding the fish balls as fish balls also add to the saltiness of the soup).
Notes
For toddler's consumption:
1. Skip the dried scallop and dried shrimp for tots below 18mths
2. Cut the spinach into toddler bite-size before serving to prevent choking.
3. Cut fishballs into small pieces - suitable for tots above 2 years.
1. Skip the dried scallop and dried shrimp for tots below 18mths
2. Cut the spinach into toddler bite-size before serving to prevent choking.
3. Cut fishballs into small pieces - suitable for tots above 2 years.
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Hi can we freeze this soup in batches?
Hi, I would not recommend freezing anything other than the soup. Cooked leafy vegetables should be consumed immediately. You can sieve out the ingredients and freeze the soup.