Yen Can Cook ~ Salted Fish Bone Soup
I was a bit skeptical when I decided to try on this recipe because both hubby and Sam are not fan of salted fish. But luckily, the soup was well accepted by them and we polished off the soup effortlessly. The salted bone imparted an unique briny flavour to the broth after being pan fried and I also added crushed black peppercorn to provide a multi-dimensional flavours to the soup.
Ingredients (Serve: 3-4)
300g salted fish bone, cut into slices
200g pork belly, sliced thinly
Tips: Freeze the pork belly till slightly harden to make the meat cutting easier.
1 box bean curd
3 cloves garlic, chopped/sliced
3 slices ginger
Handful of whole black pepper, crushed
1500ml water
Cooking oil
Chopped spring onion for garnishing
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Step 1: Rinse and soak the salty fish bone for 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Step 2: Heat a saucepan, put in cooking oil and pan fried the salted fish bones till golden brown and fragrant. Drain on paper towels.
Step 3: With the same saucepan, heat up cooking oil and saute garlic and ginger till fragrant. Pour in water and bring to boil.
Step 4: Put in salted fish bone (Step 2) and crushed black pepper, simmer at low heat for 30 minutes.
Step 5: Add in sliced pork belly and bring to boil. Skim off scum on the surface of the broth. Gently put in the tofu and simmer for another 5 minutes.
Note: I didn’t add salt because the broth was flavourful enough. You may season with salt as per desired.
Step 6: Garnish with chopped spring onion and serve.
HAPPY COOKING! #stayhealthy
The pork looks so tender and inviting.
Hmm…the soup must be very nourishing.
Tekkaus, I can’t say the soup is nourishing but it’s certainly appetizing 😛
I’ve never cooked soup with salted fish bones either but it sounds delicious. The salted fish bones will give the soup its saltiness and you can add whatever you want into the soup, I guess. I also would not have thought to put crushed black pepper in. I usually use white peppercorns in soups as I’ve always associated black peppercorns to be more appropriate for western-style cooking.
Kris, what else you suggest to put in except pork belly and tofu? I think both white and black peppercorn work equally well to provide that mild heat to the broth.
Minced pork + prawns ball
You gotta start trying kurau salted fish bone, from Sabah! 😛
KY, I think the salted fish bones that I bought didn’t mentioned the type of fish.
ooo, this is cool – i also am usually not a big fan of salted fish, but i do like fish soups that are done well 🙂 and if your family enjoys it, that means it’s good! 🙂
Sean, hope you have chance to try out this salted fish bone soup and let me know if it can impress you 🙂