White Cauliflower Lean Meat Soup
1.
Pick and wash white cauliflower. Mine is picked by the elderly themselves. There are no old stems and rotten leaves. If you buy them, they will usually have them. Villagers in our town also pick them and sell them. Basically, they can be kept wild, not planted.
2.
Soak shiitake mushrooms in cold water, wash and cut. The main purpose of putting shiitake mushrooms is to improve the freshness, because our cooking does not have MSG chicken essence or the like.
3.
Put a little starch on the cut lean meat and knead it well. The pork nowadays is not as good as before. Most of it is not tasty and firewood. It is necessary to put some starch in it. I am often too lazy to wash one more bowl, cut the meat and put it in a fresh-keeping bag, rub it and marinate it.
4.
Put water in the pot, put the ginger and shiitake mushrooms to cook. After it is boiled, turn to low heat and cook for three or two minutes, and it is probably enough if it is cooked through. Shiitake mushrooms need to be thoroughly cooked, and the same is true for ginger, because the meat is put later and can be cooked, so they put it first, otherwise it is too late to taste.
5.
Turn the heat to put the white cauliflower in, turn it over, and add oil and salt. Cook for a minute to let the white cauliflower taste.
6.
Put the lean meat in and quickly pull it apart, noting that it's not grouped together.
7.
The meat can be cooked when it is cooked.
Tips:
The amount of water depends on the family and the amount of vegetables. I’m two adults and one child, so I put a little less.
The old people say that white cauliflower clears heat and removes dampness. I don't know whether it is true or not. I just like the sweetness.