Pumpkin Pork Rib Soup

It’s almost September now, so say hello to cold and gloomy UK! 🙂 It seems like everyone has been getting sick this month, and there’s no doubt that I hopped on that trend too.

Since it’s also pumpkin season, I decide to make a comforting pumpkin pork rib soup (南瓜排骨湯) 🎃 All you need are 5 ingredients for this recipe (pork ribs, tomatoes, carrots, pumpkin and ginger), and all of these ingredients are accessible in any supermarket. You can add other vegetables you like as well.

I love using a pressure cooker to make soups because 1. It cuts down cooking time significantly, and 2. The high pressure creates a more concentrated flavour for the soup.

However, if you don’t have a pressure cooker, simply do the exact same steps with a regular large pot. Once everything is in the pot, cover the pot and let it simmer for 1 to 1.5 hours, or until the pork and pumpkin are tender.

ingredients (serves 4):

• 500g Pork ribs
• 4 tomatoes
• 2 carrots
• 1 small pumpkin
• 5 ginger slices
• 1.5L hot water
• 1 tsp salt

steps:

1. Prepare your vegetables by chopping carrots, tomatoes and pumpkin into large chunks. 
2. In a pot, boil your pork ribs for 3-4 minutes to remove the scum and foam. Drain the water and set the pork ribs aside. 
3. Using the sauté function of your pressure cooker, sauté ginger slices for 1-2 minutes until golden and fragrant. Then add the pork ribs and brown all sides for 2-3 minutes. 
4. Add the chopped pumpkin, carrots, tomatoes, hot water and salt. Pressure cook for 25 minutes, then let the cooker to naturally release. 
5. Once cooked, taste the soup and add salt according to your taste. 

tips:

1. Pumpkin skin – You don’t need to peel off the pumpkin skin because the pressure cooker will soften it as it cooks.

check out more recipes!

• Hot and Sour noodle soup (suan la fen)
• Hong Kong tomato macaroni soup
• Gyudon (Japanese beef rice bowl)

Pumpkin Pork Rib Soup

Course: AppetizersCuisine: Chinese

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Tender pork ribs and sweet pumpkin is the perfect, hearty bowl of comfort.

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Ingredients

• 500 g Pork ribs

• 4 tomatoes

• 2 carrots

• 1 small pumpkin

• 5 ginger slices

• 1.5 L hot water

• 1 tsp salt

Directions

• Prepare your vegetables by chopping carrots, tomatoes and pumpkin into large chunks. 
• In a pot, boil your pork ribs for 3-4 minutes to remove the scum and foam. Drain the water and set the pork ribs aside. 
• Using the sauté function of your pressure cooker, sauté ginger slices for 1-2 minutes until golden and fragrant. Then add the pork ribs and brown all sides for 2-3 minutes. 
• Add the chopped pumpkin, carrots, tomatoes, hot water and salt. Pressure cook for 25 minutes, then let the cooker to naturally release. 
• Once cooked, taste the soup and add salt according to your taste.