Spicy Spare Rib Soup Recipe

• 350g spare ribs
• 1 cup white mushrooms cut into halves
• 2 sliced lemongrass
  
• 3 slices galangal
  
• 5 plum tomatoes
• 3 shallots
• 3 tbsp fish sauce
  
• 3 tbsp lime juice
  
• 1 spring onion (sliced)
• 5 pairs kaffir lime leaves
  
• 15 dried chillies
• 1/4 cup coriander
• 3 cups water
• 1 teaspoon pork seasoning powder

Cooking instructions

Step 1: Start by dry roasting 3 shallots in a hot pan for about 5 minutes until dry out. Then dry roast 5 plum tomatoes for about 3 minutes. Finally dry roast 15 dried chillies for about 30 seconds or so, then set aside.

Step 2: Next bring 3 cups of water to the boil, and add in 1 teaspoon of pork seasoning powder, and mix until it dissolves in the water.

Step 3: Now lower the heat to a low heat, and add in 350g of spare ribs which have been cut into bite sized pieces. Let the ribs slow cook in the broth for about 1 hour.

Step 4: After 1 hour, raise the heat to a medium heat, and add in 3 slices of galangal, the roasted tomatoes and shallots that we prepared earlier, 2 sliced lemongrass, and 1 cup of white mushrooms cut into halves. Stir the soup together, and once it starts to boil again, add in 5 pairs of kaffir lime leaves which have been torn into pieces to help release their flavour, 3 tbsp of fish sauce, 3 tbsp of lime juice, 1 sliced spring onion and 1/4 cup of coriander. Stir thoroughly and let the soup simmer for about 1 minute.

Step 5: Finally add in the 15 dried chillies that we lightly roasted earlier, stir in, then serve and enjoy!