STORY BEHIND THE RECIPE
Wishing all you Burning Kitchen fans a blessed New Year! I hope you all had a great Christmas season – I sure did! But as much as I enjoyed all the festivities, feasting and catch-ups with friends and family, I’m actually glad to be going back to my staple diet of simple Chinese home cooked fare and my Cantonese soups which I can’t live without!
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TRICK OF THE TRADE
Today I’ll be sharing the recipe for one of the easiest Cantonese soups – Potato, Tomato and Carrot Soup, popularly known as ABC soup. ABC Soup is fast, easy (as ABC!), and healthy (containing almost no oil) since my recipe uses lean meat instead of pork ribs. It only takes about 45 minutes to get it from the fridge to table, and it’s a great way to detox from all that Christmas feasting!
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS DISH
- It’s easy to make! Just like most soups, not much needs to be done in terms of cooking. I love that it is fuss free!
- It’s healthy ! Due to the choice of using lean meat instead of pork ribs, the soup will have less fat in it.
HOW TO MAKE ABC SOUP?
- Peel the carrots and potatoes and dice the pork meat, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and onion into 1.5 cm cubes.
- Marinate the pork meat in soy sauce, cornflour, salt and oil for 15 mins
- Add 2 litres of water to a pot and bring it to a boil over high heat.
- Add in the diced carrots, potatoes and onions.
- When it is boiling, turn the fire down to medium and simmer for 20 minutes until carrots are soft
- Add in the pork, then give the soup a stir and boil for another 5 mins.
- Add salt to taste and serve!
COOKING TIPS
- Don’t add too much potato, otherwise the ABC Soup will become starchy and cloudy.
- Make sure you add in the pork for the last 5 minutes of the cooking time. After 5 minutes, immediately turn off the fire. This will ensure your pork are just cooked through, and it will be moist and tender.
- Make sure you stir in the pork and mix well, otherwise the pork pieces will clump together. Then turn off the fire so the pork will not be overcooked.
DIETARY MODIFICATIONS
- Egg-Free: No modifications needed.
- Fish-Free: No modifications needed.
- Gluten-Free: No modifications needed.
- Nut-Free: No modifications needed.
- Shellfish-Free: No modifications needed.
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Potato Tomato Carrot Soup (ABC Soup)
Ingredients
- 300 gm Lean Pork Meat
- 2 Potato medium
- 2 Carrot medium
- 1 Yellow Onion small
- 2 Tomatoes
- 1 pinch Salt optional
- 2 litres Water
Marinade for pork
- 1 tsp Light soy sauce
- 1 tsp Cornflour
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Oil
Instructions
PREPARATION METHOD
- Peel the carrots and potatoes and dice the pork meat, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and onion into 1.5 cm cubes.
- Marinate the pork meat in soy sauce, cornflour, salt and oil for 15 mins.
COOKING METHOD
- Add 2 litres of water to a pot and bring it to a boil over high heat.
- Add in the diced carrots, potatoes, tomatoes and onions.
- When it is boiling, turn the fire down to medium and simmer on medium-low heat for 20 minutes until carrots are soft.
- Add in the pork, then give the soup a stir and boil for another 5 mins.
- Add salt to taste and serve.
Notes
COOKING TIPS
- Don't add too much potato, otherwise the ABC Soup will become starchy and cloudy.
- Make sure you add in the pork only for the last 5 minutes of the cooking time. After the 5 minutes, immediately turn off the fire. This will ensure your pork are just cooked through, and it will be moist and tender.
- Make sure you stir in the pork and mix well, otherwise the pork pieces will clump together. Then turn off the fire so the pork will not be overcooked.