Lotus Seed Pepper Pork Belly Soup

Name: Lotus Seed Pepper Pork Belly Soup
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 piece Pork belly; 1 package Corn flour; 100g Lotus seed; 2 tbsp Cooking Wine; 2 tablets ginger; Some White pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon Chicken Essence

by Sago Fiona

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

3

It is probably because of the cold weather. As soon as winter comes, I start to suffer from stomach problems. I don’t know if there is any reason in the old tradition of "eat what you eat and replenish what", but when I was at home, my mother would always buy pork belly every other time and come back to stew the soup. There is a soup in southern Fujian called "Dried Vegetables and Pork Belly Soup", which is stewed with aged dried radish and pork belly. In southern Fujian, there is a saying that "Preserved Vegetables and Preserved Pork Belly". I only drank it since I was a child. Now I am out of town and have no ingredients, so I choose lotus seed stewed pork belly, which is also a very good body soup. Lotus seeds contain starch, protein, carbohydrates, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc., and have the effects of nourishing the spleen and relieving diarrhea, strengthening the kidney and strengthening the essence, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Pork belly has the functions of nourishing the middle and nourishing qi, replenishing the spleen and stomach, aiding digestion, stopping diarrhea, quenching thirst and reducing accumulation. This soup has the functions of invigorating the spleen and stomach, replenishing deficiency and qi, and is easy to digest. I have a stomachache recently, and I have been simmering it for a few days. Sprinkling some pepper noodles before drinking it will warm the stomach.

Although this soup is delicious and nutritious, many people are too lazy to make it by themselves, because washing pork belly is a big job. The fresh pork belly that I just bought is very dirty, covered with all kinds of mucus, it is creamy and greasy, and it has a peculiar smell. It must be washed well before it can be removed.

When I was at home when I was a child, I basically contracted this job. I don’t know why, but others find it dirty, but I find it very enjoyable. Especially when I watch the sticky pork belly become clean on my hands, I have a unique sense of accomplishment. Moreover, you can wash it yourself and eat at ease. Ha ha. .

Ingredients

1 piece Pork Belly
1 package Corn Flour
100g Lotus Seed
2 tbsp Cooking Wine
2 tablets Ginger
Some White Pepper
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Chicken Essence

Lotus Seed Pepper Pork Belly Soup

1. Put the pork belly in the basin and rinse it with running water first. Turn to the mucus side, pour some cornstarch and scratch it. Catch it for about three or four minutes. Then wash it off. Repeat again. You can also wash it again with salt and vinegar. Until the mucus is washed away

Lotus Seed Pepper Pork Belly Soup recipe

2. Boil a pot of hot water and blanch the pork belly for two minutes. Before putting it in the water, you can put a plate into the pork belly to prevent the pork belly from shrinking. Take it out and wash, use a knife to scrape off the fat and calluses on the surface. Wash and wash again. There is basically no peculiar smell

3. Wash the lotus seeds without soaking them in advance. It is best to buy lotus seeds without cores, otherwise the soup will be bitter. If it has a core, just poke it with a toothpick

4. Put the whole pork belly into a saucepan, put two slices of ginger, and pour half of the pot of water. Put the whole in, so that the pork belly will not retract. No roll

5. Press the stew button and simmer for about 2 hours. When the water in the middle is boiling, add 2 tablespoons of cooking wine to better remove fishy and freshness. Add the lotus seeds to the stew for the last half an hour. So that the lotus seeds won't be simmered

6. After the stew, use food scissors to cut the pork belly into strips. Add salt and chicken essence

7. If there are children in the family who dare not eat the taste of pepper, put them in a bowl and sprinkle them with pepper. Pepper is the finishing touch to this soup. Drink a bowl in winter and get fever all over

Tips:
Pork belly contains protein, fat, inorganic salts and other nutrients, which have the effects of replenishing deficiency and invigorating the spleen and stomach; lotus seeds have the effect of invigorating the spleen and replenishing qi. This dish can invigorate the spleen and stomach, replenish deficiency and nourish qi, and is easy to digest. Mothers-to-be eat this soup often in the third trimester of pregnancy. It has beneficial effects on the spleen and stomach. The simpler it is to make this soup, the better, and it is best not to add too many ingredients and seasonings. Otherwise, the soup will have a mixed taste. But pepper is best to use. However, it can be omitted for pregnant women.