Make this Healthy Instant Pot Chinese Pork Bone Soup (紅蘿蔔粟米豬骨湯). Super easy & quick to make this sweet & delicious soup that tastes like mom’s. Paleo, gluten free, made with real & whole food.
Chinese soups are nutritious, soothing, and comforting to drink.
This is what Cantonese moms & wives are known for!
Asian cultures are generally more reserved when it comes to showing affection to our loved ones (especially family).
You wouldn’t be surprised to find many likely couldn’t recall the last time they said “I love you” face to face to their moms or dads, daughters or sons.
But we do show our affections and appreciations in other ways.
For my mom, it’s Chinese soups.
Not only because it’s healthy, soothing, & comforting, but flavorful Cantonese soups traditionally takes hours and hours to make.
Mom, thank you for your care, patience, & love for us! 🙂
According to Chinese medicine practices, many Chinese soups have health benefits such as improving immune system, skin conditions (beauty effects!!), appetite, or cure sickness.
This Chinese Pork Bone Soup with Carrots & Corn is one of the most popular & easiest Cantonese soups to make. I just love the sweetness from the corn & carrots! 🙂
Now, with the help of our pressure cooker, we don’t have to wait hours & hours to enjoy this yummy Pork Bone Soup!
You’ll Enjoy Instant Pot Pork Bone Soup Because:
- Super easy & quick to make!
- Healthy & nutritious – Paleo, Gluten free, made with Real/Whole ingredients
- Yummy & tastes sweet just like home
- Made with simple ingredients from your Asian pantry
Time to cook Chinese Pork Bone Soup in Instant Pot!
Step-by-Step Guide: Instant Pot Pork Bone Soup
Prepare ingredients for Instant Pot Chinese Pork Bone Soup:
- 4 pieces (~ 2 1/3 lb or 1045g) pork bones, parboiled
- 2 large (~ 1 1/2 lb or 700g) carrots, roughly chopped
- 2 (~ 1 1/5 lb or 527g) corn on cob, chopped
- 1 (5g) thin slice of ginger
- 2 (33g) dried dates 蜜棗 – we bought ours at a local traditional Chinese medicine & herbs store. You may find these at local Asian markets too.
- 1 small piece Chenpi 陳皮 (dried mandarin peel)
- 6 ½ cups (1.625L) cold water
- Fine table salt to taste
Tools for Instant Pot Pork Bone Soup
- Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker
- Fat separator – This is such a handy tool! Instead of scooping the fatty oil a little at a time with a ladle or spoon, you can quickly separate the fat/oil from the bone soup with this fat separator.
Clean Pork Bone
Bring 2L of water to a boil. Then, boil the pork bones for 3 minutes to clean and remove the excess fat.
*Pro Tip 1: You can also parboil in the pressure cooker, but it’s faster on the stovetop. 🙂
Remove the pork bones and rinse them in cold tap water.
*Pro Tip 2: We take this step whenever we make Chinese soups with pork bones or any other bones and meat.
Prepare Ingredients
Soak 1 small piece of chenpi in cold water for 20 minutes.
Wash the dried dates with cold running water.
Prepare the rest of the ingredients as listed.
Pressure Cook Bone Soup
Place 4 pieces (1045g) of parboiled pork bones, 700g chopped carrots, 525g chopped corn on cob, 1 (5g) thin slice of ginger, 2 (33g) dried dates, 1 small piece of chenpi, and 6 ½ cups of cold water in the pressure cooker.
*Note: Do not add any salt.
With Venting Knob in Venting Position, close the lid, then turn Venting Knob to Sealing Position.
- Pressure Cooking Method: Pressure Cook at High Pressure for 30 minutes, then 15 minutes Natural Release
Turn off the heat.
After 15 minutes, carefully turn the venting knob from sealing position to venting position to release the remaining pressure.
Seasoning
Carefully open the lid and heat up the pressure cooker to bring the bone soup back to a full boil. Let the soup boil for an extra 10 – 15 minutes.
*Pro Tip 1: Due to the nature of pressure cooking, the initial soup will not taste the same as the traditional Chinese soups cooked on stovetop. So, it’s very important to boil the soup for an extra 15 – 20 mins to add body to the soup.
Add salt to taste.
*Pro Tip 2: Make sure to add in the salt slowly and keep tasting. Do not over season. For reference: We added roughly 1 ½ teaspoon of fine table salt.
Serve Pork Bone Soup
Optional Step: Instead of separating the oil in the soup with a spoon or ladle, it’s much easier & quicker to use an fat separator. We love this thing! 🙂
- Quickly separates unwanted fat from flavorful juices
- BPA-free, heat-resistant plastic
Enjoy this healthy & delicious Chinese pork bone soup with your family & friends!
Instant Pot Chinese Pork Bone Soup 紅蘿蔔粟米豬骨湯
Ingredients
- 4 pieces (~2⅓ lb or 1045g) pork bones , parboiled
- 2 large (~1½ lb or 700g) carrots , roughly chopped
- 2 (~1⅕ lb or 527g) corn on cob , chopped
- 1 thin slice (5g) ginger
- 2 (33g) dried dates (Chinese: 蜜棗)
- 1 small piece Chenpi (Chinese: 陳皮) (dried mandarin peel)
- 6 ½ cups (1.625L) cold water
- Fine table salt to taste
Equipment
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Instructions
- Clean Pork Bone: Bring 2L of water to a boil. Then, boil the pork bones for 3 minutes to clean and remove the excess fat. Remove the pork bones and rinse them in cold tap water. We take this step whenever we make Chinese soups with pork bones or any other bones and meat.
- Prepare the Ingredients: Soak 1 small piece of chenpi in cold water for 20 minutes. Wash the dried dates with cold running water. Prepare the rest of the ingredients as listed.
- Pressure Cook Bone Soup: Place 4 pieces (1045g) of parboiled pork bones, 700g chopped carrots, 525g chopped corn on cob, 1 (5g) thin slice of ginger, 2 (33g) dried dates, 1 small piece of chenpi, and 6 ½ cups of cold water in the pressure cooker. Do not add any salt. Close the pressure cooker’s lid and pressure cook at High Pressure for 30 minutes + 15 minutes Natural Release. Turn off the heat. After 15 minutes, carefully turn the venting knob from sealing position to venting position to release the remaining pressure.
- Seasoning: Carefully open the lid and heat up the pressure cooker to bring the soup back to a full boil. Let the soup boil for an extra 15 - 20 minutes. Add salt to taste. (Make sure to add in the salt slowly and keep tasting. Do not over season. For reference: We added roughly 1 ½ teaspoon of fine table salt.)
- Serve: You can use an oil separator to separate the oil with the soup. Enjoy this healthy and delicious Chinese pork bone soup.
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