You can pre-soak the wood ear and keep it in fridge. Cook the soup on the go.
Cook time: 30 mins
Yield: 2 to 3 serves
Ingredients:
- 10 gm wood ear, soaked and softened
- 10 gm red dates, soaked and deseeded
- 750 ml water
- 3 to 4 slices ginger
- 80 gm lean pork, shredded
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- ½ tsp corn flour / corn starch
- ½ tsp sugar
- oil, a few drops
- Blanch the wood ear in boiling water for about 3 minutes. Drain well. Remove the hard stem and shred into strips. Mix the pork with marinade. Set aside.
- Use a large pot to bring the water to a boil over high heat. Add wood ear, red dates, ginger. Cook with cover. When it boils again, reduce the heat to medium-low. Continue to cook for about 20 to 25 minutes.
- Add the pork and stir to combine. Bring it to a boil. Season with salt if necessary. Enjoy !
- The wood ear I used looks white on one side, called “白背木耳”, literally means white back wood ears. Chinese people believe this kind of wood ear is more nutritious, also available at Asian grocers.
- For convenience, you can get some deseeded red dates from Asian grocers.
- In Chinese herbal medicine, ginger can help expel cold and wind from our body, thus fortify a balance if our body is weak.
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