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My mom has been telling me to have more soups habitually since childhood because she said soups are great for health benefits with purported rejuvenating and invigorating effects to our bodies. Therefore Chinese love to prepare soup as part of their daily meals as they believe soup contains the essentials of all  the ingredients in it.

One of the scrumptious soups that I grew up having is the ABC soup. It is simple and easy to prepare especially to those who are busy and working fulltime. Besides, it is a helpful and pleasant dish to kids who do not like to eat vegetables.

Ingredients:
1/2 lb baby back rib or rib (cut into chunks)
1/2 lb pork loin (cut into cubes)
1~2 large onion (quartered)
8 potatoes (peeled, cut each into 8 pieces)
4 tomatoes (cut each into 8 pieces)
3 carrots (peeled, cut each into 1-inch pieces)
3-4 whole white peppers (crushed)
salt to taste
* you may use chicken thighs and legs (de-skinned is an option) to replace the ribs; chicken breast to replace as lean meat.

Serve size: 6~8 people

Cooking Method:

1. Fill the big pot with 2/3 water and boil it with high heat.
2. Boil the ribs and loin in another small pot until the surfaces of them are fully cooked.
3. Remove them from the pot and rinse the ribs and pork with cold water before putting them into the big pot.
4. Add the onions, potatoes, tomatoes and carrots into the pot right after the ribs.
5. Cover and simmer over medium heat for 1 hour.
6. Continue to simmer over low heat for another 2 hours. Add in the crushed white peppers in the medium of this process.
7. Add in salt to taste.

Serves hot.