Extraordinary ABC SOUP/罗宋汤

Tomatoes are good for everyone, especially ladies. It helps to improve skin complexion and able to protect against UV rays. Foremost, tomatoes content the most powerful natural antioxidants which helps to prevent cancer.

I love to eat tomatoes in raw or cooked in any dishes. I always stock up in my fridge whenever I saw fresh and juicy tomatoes from Giant or Tesco. There are many varieties of tomatoes. Some are big with lumpy texture and some are yellow colour and it is crunchy. More about tomatoes information please refer here.

I know ABC soup is an ordinary soup, which everyone can cook. Maybe everyone has their different ways of cooking it.

Here is my recipe:

Ingredients:

1 large potatoes ( I used Russet potatoes)

3-4 medium size of fresh tomatoes ( I prefer to have more tomatoes in the soup)

1 medium size of yellow/sweet onions (It can be substitute with our red big onions)

1 small carrots ( I prefer Australia's carrot)

200gm of chicken breast (It can be substitute with pork rib/carcass, chicken drumsticks also can)

8-10 seeds of white pepper ( Slightly give the soup a heat)

Pepper, salt and even soy sauce to taste

For my soup, I have a very special ingredient...1 tablespoon of tomato sauce.

Usually Hong Kong style of 罗宋汤(which most of the time, I saw from HK drama usually have a slightly orangey and red colour soup base).

Method of boiling the soup is up to your preference. Here, let me share with you how I boil the soup.

1. First, clean the vegetables and cut all in medium chunk sizes.
2. Then, slice the chicken breast meat and marinade with some corn flour with a dash of pepper.
3. Bring water to boil in a medium pot. I usually blanched the meat for a second with some hot water.
4. Then pour in the chicken meat together with onions, tomatoes and carrots in the hot water.
5. Gradually add in the pepper seeds. Bring it boil until you can smell the aroma.
6. Turn down to a small fire, add in the tomatoes and continue to boil for another 45mins.
7. Larger pots that means need more time to boil. Up to your preference.
8. Lastly, when it almost done, add in that tablespoon of tomato sauce. Stir well and simmer another 5-10mins. 1 tablespoon is enough, we don't want to cover the original taste.
9. After adding the tomato sauce I suggest to taste the soup first before adding salt/soy sauce again.Serve while it is hot.

I often cook this soup with rice as porridge for my girl. Just cook the porridge without pepper seeds and tomato sauce. She loves it very much. My son will demand for a bowl too. For kids I don't add in salt, but I substitute with a little bit of soy sauce.

I'm submitting this to little thumbs Up with the the theme "Tomato", hosted by Doreen from Mui Mui @My Little Favourite DIY & Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids.

 For next coming April theme will be "Corn" host by Esther Lau from Copycake Kitchen.