Traditional Chinese Medicine Medicated Diet Recipe Book

Spare Ribs with Lotus Rood

Tonify Qi & Blood

Ingredients:
2 lbs Lotus Root
3 lbs Pork Spare Ribs
6 Slices Ginger
6 Cloves Garlic
2 Tsp Salt
6 Tsp Sugar
1 Cube Red Bean Curd Paste
1 Tsp Chicken Essence
2 Tbsp Corn Flour
1 Tbsp Dark Soya Sauce
1 Tbsp Fish Sauce
1 Tbsp Chinese Rice Cooking Wine
Dash of Oil

Directions:

1. Mix salt, 2 tsp sugar, corn flour and chicken essence and marinate ribs for 15 minutes


2. Pan fry spare ribs with garlic and some oil for 5 minutes (does not have to be fully
   cooked)


3. Add ½ cube of red bean curd paste and mix until even


4. Move ribs into a large pot


5. Rinse and peel lotus root and chop into small pieces


6. Pan fry lotus root with ginger and oil for 5 minutes


7. Add ½ cube of red bean curd paste and mix until even


8. Move lotus roots into the same pot as the spare ribs


9. Allow to simmer on low heat for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes


10. Mix 4 tsp sugar, soya sauce, fish sauce and cooking wine and mix until even. Add water
    if needed


11. Allow to simmer for another 15 minutes


12. Remove ribs and lotus roots, leaving sauce to thicken


13. Once the sauce has thickened, add ribs and lotus root.

Actions/Indications/Functions
o Nourishes blood
o Cools blood
o Removes blood stasis
o Improves function of the Spleen and Stomach
o Treats consumption of yin and thirst during febrile diseases
o Clears heat
o Tonifies the Kidneys