Pickled Vegetable Pig Stomach Soup

Pickled Vegetable Pig Stomach Soup

　　Preparation:

　　1. Wash the pig stomach inside and out, then blanch it along with pork ribs and set aside.

　　2. Bring water to a boil, add the pig stomach, pork ribs, and white peppercorns, and simmer until cooked. Discard the pork ribs. Remove the pig stomach, cut it into pieces, return it to the soup, add pickled vegetables, and cook for a few more minutes. Season with salt or MSG.

　　Tips for Cleaning Pig Stomach

　　Many people enjoy eating pig stomach, but cleaning it can be quite tricky. Most people use salt to scrub the pig stomach, but the results aren’t particularly good. If you add some vinegar during the cleaning process, the effect will be much better. The combination of salt and vinegar helps remove some of the unpleasant odor from inside the stomach and also gets rid of the slimy surface layer. This is because vinegar causes the collagen to change color and coagulate, while salt has a strong osmotic effect. Together, salt and vinegar help loosen the collagen from the stomach wall, thus removing dirt and odors. After cleaning, place the stomach in cold water and scrape off any hardened parts at the tip with a knife.

　　Be sure not to use alkali when cleaning the stomach, as it is highly corrosive. Under the action of alkali, the slimy surface layer will peel off, and the protein in the stomach wall will also be damaged, reducing the nutritional value of the stomach.