CNY Dishes # 3 - 鱼跃龙门百业兴 | 鱼鳔猪肚汤 Pig Stomach and Fish Maw Soup

去年年菜系列的汤我准备了白菜鱼鳔汤，而今年我就准备了鱼鳔猪肚汤。新年前就买了两包鱼鳔，准备用来煮年菜，我用了其中一包金龙鱼鳔来煮这猪肚汤，而另一包鸭舌就用来焖，作为海味一品锅的主角之一。为了让小宝贝也可以喝这汤，我将白胡椒粒的份量减少，所以汤喝起来只有很淡的胡椒味。年初二回娘家时，妈妈也准备了一样的汤，也和我的一样，属于比较淡口味的，所有小朋友都适合喝。

今年回娘家时刚巧大伯父和堂姐到访，再加上小弟弟的朋友也来拜访，屋里突然变得很热闹。当天妈妈准备了一桌子的佳肴等我们回来吃，有丰富的盆菜、焖猪手、五香肉卷、豉油皇虾、猪肚汤、清蒸白鲳鱼、金银糕烧、卤鸭和索面。不过由于人数太多，吃饭时就得分批吃，吃完饭，小朋友们就各自玩游戏，而大人们就聚在一起喝酒闲聊。家里姐弟多，小朋友也自然比较多，那么回娘家时就显得比较热闹。自从结婚后就特别喜欢新年，因为只有在新年期间才有机会和亲朋戚友相聚，平时都是各忙各的，唯有新年时大家才会互相拜访，相聚的时间虽短，不过可以闲聊一下，谈谈生活近况，已经让人感到很窝心。

祝大家人日快乐! 

情人节快乐！

甜甜蜜蜜，幸福快乐！

妈妈煮的满桌佳肴！

鱼鳔猪肚汤

材料：
猪肚 1个（清洗猪肚的方法可以参考这里）

炸鱼鳔 100克

干贝 4个，稍微冲洗

排骨 600克
白胡椒粒 1/2汤匙或更多（稍微压碎）
罐头蘑菇 1罐

水 2.5公升

盐 适量

做法:

1. 煮滚一锅水，将排骨放入氽烫5分钟，去除血水和杂质，烫好后将排骨捞出，用水清洗一洗，把表面的杂质洗掉。 用热水将鱼鳔浸泡至软，沥干用清水冲洗，挤干水份，然后切成小块备用。

2. 把排骨、猪肚、干贝、白胡椒和水放入汤锅里，煮至滚然后转至小火煮2小时或至猪肚完全软透即可。（用筷子插入猪肚，如果容易穿透的话就是软透了）

3. 将猪肚取出，放置一旁待凉。待凉了后切成块。

4. 将鱼鳔放入锅里，继续煮至鱼鳔变软，然后加入猪肚和蘑菇放入锅里，加入适量的盐调味，继续煮至汤滚起即可，乘热享用。

Pig Stomach and Fish Maw Soup

Ingredients:

1 pig stomach (please refer here on how to clean pig stomach)

100g deep-fried fish maw

4 dried scallops, rinsed

600g pork rib
1/2 tbsp white peppercorn, or more, lightly crushed

1 canned button mushroom

2.5 litre water

Salt, to taste

Methods:

1. Bring a pot of water to boil. Blanch the pork ribs for 5 minutes. Drain and rinse the pork ribs with tap water. Soak the fish maw in hot water until softened. Drain and rinse, then squeeze out the liquid and cut into small pieces. Set aside.

2.  Place the pork ribs, pig stomach, dried scallop, white peppercorn and water into a stockpot. Bring to a boil then turn to low heat and cook for 2 hours or until the pig stomach is tender (you can easily poke through it with a chopstick).

3 Dish out the pig stomach and let it cool. When the pig stomach is cooled enough to handle, cut it into bite size slices.

4. Add fish maw to the stockpot and continue to cook until the fish maw is tender. Add the pig stomach slices and button mushroom. Season with salt. Continue to cook until the soup is boiled. Turn off the heat and the soup is ready to serve.

This post is linked to Cook and Celebrate: CNY 2016 organised by Yen from GoodyFoodies, Diana from Domestic Goddess Wannabe and Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids.