Momo Soup
Clear soup made by boiling pork bones with onions, carrots, bay leaves, and peppercorns.
- Cooking time5 hours
Calorieskcal
This is a momo soup recipe that can be customised for pork, beef, or chicken bones. We also show you certain steps that will help achieve a clear, non-cloudy broth. Serve it alongside momos, or use it as stock for the base of other, more elaborate soups, gravies, and curries.
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Ingredients
Serves
1 litre broth
- 1 kg pork bones
- 1 tbsp salt (for cleaning)
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 350 g onions
- 350 g carrots
- 2 pcs bay leaves
- 10 pcs peppercorns
- 1.8 L water (for the soup)
- salt for seasoning
- spring onions
- pepper
Method
- In a mixing bowl, add pork bones and salt. Rub the bones well with salt. Salt acts as an abrasive, helping clean the bones and remove sliminess.
- Now, add vinegar and water. Soak for 30 minutes. Rinse thoroughly with plenty of water. You can skip this step if you are making beef/chicken soup.
- Now transfer the bones to a pot and cover them with hot water.
- Simmer gently to let scum float to the top. This should take around 10 minutes.
- Discard the water along with all the impurities. Rinse well one last time.
- Now, chop onions into quarters. Divide carrots into 5-cm chunks.
- Add bay leaves, peppercorns, onions, and carrots to the pot, along with the cleaned bones. Pour room-temperature water (1.8 L) into the pot.
- Let simmer gently on the lowest possible flame for 3 hours. The stock should not bubble. Also, do not cover the pot. The cleaning of the bones in multiple stages, as well as a very gentle simmer will help produce a clear soup, instead of a cloudy one.
- Strain the soup in a large bowl. Discard the boiled onions, carrots, and pork bones.
- Season the soup with salt and freshly ground pepper. Garnish with chopped spring onions.
