Watercress soup
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 1 bunch of watercress
  • 250g pork ribs
  • 3 chicken carcasses
  • 10g dried scallop
  • 8 pitted red dates (rinse)
  • 1 teaspoon bitter and sweet almonds
  • 1 candied date or ¼ Buddha's fruit (luo han guo)
  • 1 soup pot of water (about 2-3L)
  • Fish sauce/ salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Wash watercress thoroughly as leafy veggies tend to trap a lot of dirt.
  2. Blanch pork ribs and chicken bones.
  3. Place all the ingredients (except the condiments, dried scallop and watercress) into a soup bag. Place the soup bag, together with dried scallop and watercress to the soup pot and bring the soup to a boil.
  4. Simmer for 2 hours on low heat.
  5. Add fish sauce/ salt to taste.
Notes
If you prefer the watercress to be green and crunchy, you may want to reserve half the bunch of watercress for adding into the soup about 15min before serving.
Recipe by at http://simplymommie.com/2010/01/watercress-soup.html