Pork Hot Pot Soup

Chinese
Soups
PREP TIME:
1 hour

SERVES:

6 to 8

TOTAL COOKING TIME:

4 hours
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INGREDIENTS
  • 3 lbs pork bones
  • 3 lbs boneless sirloin pork roast
  • 2 tbsp candy rocks
  • Bay leaves (5 leaves)
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp pork bouillon powder
  • 2 tbsp fresh ginger
  • 1 bunch scallion
  • 4 oz jar instant pork soup paste
  • 2 sweet onion, divided
  • 1 package Hot pot soup seasoning (1.5 oz)
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 4 oz straw mushroom
  • 4 oz longan fruit
  • 1 lb fresh center cut pork chops, thinly sliced
  • 1 fresh boneless chicken breast, thinly sliced
  • Dry fried red onion
  • Fresh jalapeno pepper, sliced
  • Fresh basil
  • Cilantro
  • Scallions, chopped
  • Bean sprouts
  • Pork soup balls
  • Vegetables (broccoli, Bok Choy, Napa cabbage, bamboo shoots, pea pods, spinach, shiitake mushrooms)
  • Egg noodles, banh Pho noodles or vermicelli beans threads noodles

DIRECTIONS

  1. 1.
    Clean and wash pork roast and pork bones. Remove excess fat
  2. 2.
    Using a large soup pot, fill 24 cups (6 quarts) with cold water and slowly bring to boil.
  3. 3.
    Add candy rocks, kosher salt, pork bones to pot.
  4. 4.
    Clean, remove ginger skin. Cut ginger into thin slices.
  5. 5.
    Using a small frying pan, fry ginger on both sides until golden brown. Add ginger to pot of sSoup.
  6. 6.
    Clean scallion. Cut scallion head into 1 inch in length pieces. Add to Pot of Soup.
  7. 7.
    Peel sweet onion. Cut onion into thin slices.
  8. 8.
    When pot of soup boils, lower heat to low. Add Instant pork soup paste, hot pot soup seasoning, pork bouillon powder, sweet onion, bay leaves, straw mushrooms, longan.
  9. 9.
    Cook over low heat for 4 hours.
  10. 10.
    Wash and cut vegetables (broccoli, Bok Choy, Napa cabbage, bamboo shoots, pea pods, spinach, shiitake mushrooms)
  11. 11.
    Place pork soup in hot pot, bring to boil.
  12. 12.
    Cook raw pork/chicken, vegetables in hot soup until done (2-3 minutes).
  13. 13.
    Serve pork soup with egg noodles, banh Pho noodles or vermicelli beans threads noodles, pork soup balls, dry fried red onion, bean sprouts, scallion, cilantro, sliced jalapeno pepper, fresh basil, lime and sliced sweet onion.