The Complete Guide to Home-Style Tea Tree Mushroom Pork Rib Soup

Tea tree mushroom pork rib soup is a delicious and savory Han Chinese dish belonging to Cantonese cuisine. Made by simmering mushrooms and pork ribs together, the soup is quite nutritious and helps reduce fat, cleanse the digestive tract, and promote weight loss. Let's take a look below at the complete guide to making tea tree mushroom pork rib soup!

Method One for Tea Tree Mushroom Pork Rib Soup

[Ingredients] 50 g tea tree mushrooms, cut into short sections, briefly rinsed (do not soak), 200 g pork ribs, cut into small pieces, 10 pitted red dates, 1 candied date, 1 slice of ginger.

[Method] Once the water in the pot comes to a boil, add all the ingredients to the boiling water, cook over high heat for 15 minutes, then over medium heat for 30 minutes.

[Tip] If you don't eat meat, you can leave out the pork ribs. Because of the mushrooms, the soup is still quite fresh and fragrant.

Method Two for Tea Tree Mushroom Pork Rib Soup

[Ingredients] 100 g tea tree mushrooms, 200 g pork ribs, 10 pitted red dates, 1 slice of ginger.

[Seasonings] 5 g salt, 5 g monosodium glutamate.

[Method] (1) Wash the tea tree mushrooms and pork ribs and set aside. (2) Place the tea tree mushrooms, pork ribs, pitted red dates, and ginger slices into a clay pot, cook over high heat for 15 minutes, then over medium heat for 30 minutes, turn off the heat, and add salt and monosodium glutamate to season.

[Tips] Tea tree mushrooms are rich in nutrients, with a protein content as high as 19.55%. The protein they contain includes 18 kinds of amino acids. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that tea tree mushrooms are sweet and warm in nature and non-toxic, have the effect of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, and also have the special effects of anti-aging, lowering cholesterol, and preventing and fighting cancer.

Method Three for Tea Tree Mushroom Pork Rib Soup

[Ingredients] Tea tree mushrooms, pork ribs, ginger slices, seedless red dates, salt.

[Method] (1) After buying the tea tree mushrooms, soak them in warm water for about 30 minutes, then wash them, remove the roots, and cut into short sections. (2) Blanch the pork ribs in water and skim off the foam. (3) Then add the tea tree mushrooms and ginger slices, cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, turn to low heat, add the seedless red dates and cook for another 40 minutes. During this time, open the lid and stir several times so the pork ribs absorb the heat and flavor more evenly. Finally, add salt to season.

Method Four for Tea Tree Mushroom Pork Rib Soup

[Ingredients] 400 g pork loin ribs, 500 g winter melon, 100 g tea tree mushrooms, 250 g corn, appropriate amount of salt.

[Method] (1) Prepare the ingredients; wash the pork ribs, one ear of corn, the winter melon, and the tea tree mushrooms thoroughly. (2) Soak the tea tree mushrooms in water for 10 minutes. (3) After washing the pork ribs, blanch them in boiling water to rinse away the blood. (4) After blanching the pork ribs, pour out the water inside, put the pork ribs on a plate, and set aside. (5) Wash the corn and winter melon and cut into pieces. (6) Add water to the pot, then put in all the ingredients, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for two hours. (7) Finally, turn off the heat, add salt, and it is ready to serve deliciously.

Method Five for Tea Tree Mushroom Pork Rib Soup

[Ingredients] 350 g pork small ribs, 30 g tea tree mushrooms, half a carrot, 3 g salt, 4 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of water;

[Method] (1) Cut the pork ribs into pieces, wash, and set aside. (2) Soak the tea tree mushrooms half an hour in advance until softened. (3) Peel the carrot and cut into chunks, slice the ginger, and set aside. (4) Bring water to a boil in a pot, add the pork ribs to blanch, then wash off the foam on the surface of the pork ribs. (5) Put the pork ribs, tea tree mushrooms, carrot, and ginger slices into the inner pot, and add an appropriate amount of water. (6) Finally, place the inner pot into the electric stewing pot, cover with the lid, and add an appropriate amount of water. (7) After slow stewing for four hours, when you hear the bell ring, it is done. Add an appropriate amount of salt and it is ready to eat.

Method Six for Tea Tree Mushroom Pork Rib Soup

[Ingredients] 2 pieces of pork loin ribs, appropriate amount of tea tree mushrooms, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of codonopsis root, appropriate amount of goji berries.

[Method] (1) Cut the pork ribs into large pieces. (2) Briefly wash the tea tree mushrooms. (3) Put all the ingredients into a pot together, add water, bring to a boil, simmer over low heat for more than an hour, add salt to season, and it is done.