Astragalus pork soup cooked in thermal cooker

This astragalus pork soup is good for maintaining general good health and to relieve tiredness.

I made this soup using a store-bought pre-mixed herbal soup pack in the thermal cooking pot. The pork ribs are of course freshly bought.

I took the soup pack apart and laid the herbs out onto a plate for a photo so that you can see the herbs clearly.

From left: astragalus root, dried chinese yam, codonopsis
root, dried dates, dried longan, goji berries

It took approximately 10 minutes on the stove to bring everything to a boil and another 4 hours to cook in the thermal cooker using inducted heat.

Besides the parboiling for the pork ribs, everything else is placed together in the pot and cooked together. It is really super easy to prepare.

For a more detailed story about the cooking process and before-and-after photos, visit my blog post on it.

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Ingredients
5g astragalus root
23g chinese yam
5g codonopsis root
30g red dates
15g dried longan
15g chinese wolfberries
500g pork ribs
1000ml water

Equipment
1 thermal cooker

Directions

1. Parboil the pork ribs
2. Bring 1000ml water to a boil in the inner pot
3. Add the astragalus, codonopsis root, chinese yam, dried longan, chinese wolfberries and red dates
4. Add the pork ribs
5. Bring the water back a boil and cook for about 5 minutes
6. Remove from stove and place into the outer pot
7. Close and seal the lid
8. Let it cook for about 4 hours
9. Remove from the outer pot
10. Place back on stove and bring to a boil
11. Add salt to season
12. Serve

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