Well, fall is here and with the cold weather (at least it is cold for me), now is the perfect time to enjoy yet another bowl of steaming hot soup from my kitchen! This time, I am featuring a well-loved Cantonese slow-boiled soup (or old-fire soup) with peanuts as the main ingredient. I love using peanuts as you can just buy a few packets and keep them in the fridge, no washing, chopping and no need to worry about whether it will go bad (it won't for a reasonable period of time). You can buy these peanuts neatly packed at most Asian grocery stores and definitely a great soup-ready ingredient to have in your kitchen.
I teamed the handy peanuts with my obligatory dried cuttlefish and some spare ribs this time. Definitely one of my best and simplest form of comfort food - try it and you may discover another handy recipe you fall back on whenever you need some authentic Chinese comfort food! For my Chinese counterparts, I hope this post reminds you of the old fashioned goodness of home-cooked Chinese peanut soup!
Ingredients:
1 packet of peanuts
8 inches worth of spare ribs (or more depending on preference)
12 cups of water
2 dried cuttlefish (rinsed)
Salt, to taste
Method:
First, blanch the spare ribs in hot water to get rid of impurities, remove from water and discard the water. Next, heat 12 cups of water in a soup pot until boiling - put in the peanuts, blanched pork and cuttlefish. Turn heat to low and boil for about 4 hours, checking occasionally.
After 4 hours, check for taste and add salt as desired.
Chinese Peanut Soup with Spareribs Recipe
Thursday, November 05, 2009 | Labels: Chinese food, Chinese soups, Pork recipes, 老火汤 |
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11 comments:
this soup is my all time fave! :)
love it with lotus root. but my mum is too lazy to cook it for me :<
Nutritious soup as always! I want to have a bowl too!
your soup recipe is so simple to follow! i will try this out very soon! thank you! :)
thanks jen! yeah, this is easy though but I know what u mean, I always want mom to cook too!
HLC - thanks! how are u?
Yvonne - ur welcome! hope u like it :)
This looks so good! I like the idea of pairing it with the spareribs - yes, definitely Chinese comfort food!
^ yeah definitely one of my fav comfort foods! thanks for stopping by!
i love your recipes xD thank-you for your posts~!!!
for the cuttlefish - my dad's allergic to it - what substitute would you recommend instead?
thank-you for the recipes :D!!!
what would you recommend as substitute for cuttlefish?
my dad's allergic to it :(
thx again!!! hope u hv gd holiday!!!
thanks Belle! yeah simple and tasty comfort food hehe
Elizabeth - hmm, I think you can use dried scallops as a substitute - sorry for the late reply..I havent been getting notications of new comments to my email for some unknown reason to me.. thanks for stopping by tho!
Usually how many grams in one packet of nut?
Hi! About 1 cup of peanuts will be adequate, so around 228grams. Let me know if you have more questions!
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