← Nouns Cooking · Malaysian & Singaporean

Ingredients

• 500 g pork ribs (or chicken pieces)
• 2 l Water
• 1 Onion, quartered
• 2 Potato, peeled and cut into chunks
• 2 Carrot, cut into chunks
• 2 Tomato, quartered
• 2 corn cobs, cut into 4 pieces each
• 1½ tsp Salt
• ¼ tsp White pepper
• 1 Spring onion, chopped

Method

1. Put the ribs in a pot of cold water, bring to the boil and boil for 5 min. Drain and rinse off the scum; this keeps the soup clear.
2. Return the ribs to the cleaned pot with the 2 l water, onion and corn. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer gently over low heat for 45 min.
3. Add the potatoes and carrots and simmer for 30 min more, until tender and the broth tastes sweet.
4. Add the tomatoes and simmer for 10 min until they slump. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Serve in bowls with spring onion, and a little soy sauce and sliced chilli for dipping the ribs.

Tips

• ABC is said to stand for the vitamins in the vegetables; for a vegetarian version use extra corn and a strip of kombu instead of ribs.
• A pressure cooker does it in 25 minutes.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

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