Seasonal Wellness: Clearing Heat & Moistening Dryness Soup with Bitter Bamboo Shoots

Seasonal Wellness: Clearing Heat & Moistening Dryness Soup with Bitter Bamboo Shoots

Ingredients

• 300 Bitter bamboo shoots
• as needed Pickled mustard greens
• 100 Pork collar (marbled)
• 2 Old ginger
• 1 Scallion
• 1 Salt (for marinating pork)
• a pinch White pepper (for marinating pork)
• as needed Cornstarch slurry (for marinating pork)
• ½ Salt (for soup)
• 1 Chicken bouillon
• a pinch White pepper (for soup)

Instructions

1. Wash the bitter bamboo shoots and cut into thin diagonal slices. Chop the pickled mustard greens crosswise. Slice the pork, add the marinating seasonings and mix well; add the cornstarch slurry last.
2. Heat a wok with cold oil over medium-low heat. When the oil is about 40% hot, add the ginger slices and pickled mustard greens; stir-fry until fragrant.
3. Add water and the bitter bamboo shoot slices; bring to a boil.
4. Once the soup boils, add the seasonings. Slide in the pork slices (do not stir immediately); let them set before gently pushing them apart.
5. Just before serving, sprinkle with scallion segments.