Spare ribs with water chestnuts, corn and carrots

Corn, as a kind of coarse grain, not only tastes delicious, but also contains a lot of dietary fiber which is very good for people's health. Carrot, as a kind of vegetable, is rich in carotene and vitamins. Eating more carrots is good for the skin. Putting the two together and cooking them with pork ribs is very nutritious. Here I will teach you how to make pork ribs soup with water chestnuts, corn and carrots.

This soup uses carrots, water chestnuts, corn and pork ribs, and is simmered on low heat for 3 hours. The bones are crispy and the meat is tender, and the soup is sweet. It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, strengthening the spleen and stimulating appetite. In the hot summer, many people suffer from loss of appetite and indigestion. This traditional Chinese soup is suitable for the whole family, young and old.

Ingredients:

Ingredients: 400g spare ribs, 400g corn, 200g carrots, 150g water chestnuts

Ingredients: salt, rice wine, ginger and scallion

Steps/Methods

1. Wash the ribs, add ginger, onion, rice wine and water and boil for 5 minutes to remove the fishy smell.

2 Rinse the cooked ribs with water

3. Peel the water chestnuts, peel the carrots and cut them into dices, cut the corn into sections

4. Put the corn on the bottom of the clay pot

5 Add spareribs and water chestnuts in turn

6 Add enough water at a time, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 2 hours

7 Add carrots and cook for another hour

8. When the soup is done, just add salt to taste. The sweetness of the vegetables has already made it very sweet. Do not add MSG or chicken essence to ruin the soup.

Precautions

1. Cook the ribs with rice wine, ginger and scallions to remove the fishy smell. No need to add scallions and ginger to the soup to avoid affecting the sweetness of the soup.

2. The old-fashioned soup needs to be cooked slowly in a clay pot for 3-4 hours. The taste is different from that of the one cooked in a pressure cooker!

Ingredients: water chestnuts, corn, carrots, longans, red dates, pork bones, ginger slices, and wolfberries.

Tips:

1. Peel the water chestnuts, cut the corn into thin slices, peel and cut the radish into pieces, peel the longan, slice and pit the red dates, and rinse the pork bones with boiling water.

2. Put the ingredients into the stewing pot, add water, cover it, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 1.5 hours.

Tips: Red dates and longans with seeds can easily cause indigestion, so don’t be afraid to remove them. You can add more water chestnuts and cut the corn thinner to make it more flavorful.

Efficacy: Water chestnut has been known as the "underground snow pear" since ancient times, and people in the north regard it as the "Jiangnan ginseng". Phosphorus is a high content in root vegetables. It can promote human growth and development and maintain physiological functions, and is very beneficial to the development of teeth and bones.

At the same time, it can promote the metabolism of sugar, fat and protein in the body and regulate the balance of acid and alkali. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and promoting body fluid, promoting diuresis and laxative, removing dampness and expectorant, and digesting food and relieving bloating. It has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure, and this substance also has a preventive and therapeutic effect on cancer.