Lotus Root Soup with Pork & Ham
Ingredients
- 6 oz Pig belly with skin (fresh bacon with rind)
- 6 oz Chinese ham
- 1 Lotus root, sections
- 2 tbsp Green onion, chopped
- 3 Green onion knots
- 2 Ginger slices
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Wine
Preparation
- Brush and clean Chinese ham, cut into ½" long pieces, cook in 6 cup boiling water with green onion and ginger for 10 minutes. Cut pig belly into pieces, add in pan and cook together with ham for 20 minutes.
- Scolp lotus root, cut into 1" long sections, then along the grain cut into slices, put into soup and cook for ½ hour. Season with salt, pour into soup bowl, splash chopped green onion, serve.