Spicy Pork Backbone Soup Recipe (ต้มเล้งแซ่บ)

Ingredients

1 kg pork backbones
1000 ml water
1 tablespoon black pepper seeds
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon garlic, crushed
1 coriander root, crushed
10 g culantro, chopped
10-20 g bird’s eye chili, to taste
4-8 tablespoons lime juice, to taste
4-8 tablespoons fish sauce, to taste

How to Cook

1. Wash pork backbones thoroughly and put them in a pot. Fill the pot with 1 liter of water to cover the bones and turn on medium heat.
2. Add black pepper seeds, salt, crushed garlic and crushed coriander root.
3. After boiling, scoop out the foam that rose to the top
4. Simmer 3 hours.
5. Prepare chopped culantro and crushed bird’s eye chili.
6. When serving, put the bones and broth in a bowl and sprinkle with chopped culantro. Season to taste with crushed bird’s eye chili, lime juice and fish sauce. Enjoy!