Name: Easy ABC Soup [Pressure Cooker recipe]
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 800g-1kg chicken parts (or pork ribs and soup bone); 1 sweetcorn, cut into thirds; 2 medium tomatoes, quartered; 1 medium carrot (or 2-3 small carrots), cut into chunks; 1 yellow onion, quartered; 1 medium potato, peeled and cut into chunks; 6 red dates; 2 tbsp goji berries; salt and pepper to taste; 1.2 litre water

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Let’s cook ABC soup!

Along with Old Cucumber Soup (recipe here) and Lotus Root Peanut Soup (recipe here), ABC soup is another Chinese-style soup we love cooking at home.

For our ABC recipe, we have carrots, onion, tomato, potato, corn, goji berries, red dates, and meat.

We cooked this homely soup with the pressure cooker, or instant pot.

If you’ve followed us on our blog or Instagram – you’ll know that we sometimes miss an ingredient or two. But that’s the best thing about ABC soup. Even if you forget something, it still tastes as sweet and nutritious!

Easy as ABC, rich in nutrients

Someone asked us why it’s called ABC soup. Apparently, it’s because it’s so rich in nutrients and vitamins A, B and C.

Vitamin A – mainly comes from carrots and goji berries
Vitamin B – carrots (B1, B6, Biotin), potatoes, tomatoes (B9), onion (B6 and B9), corn, red dates, and chicken
Vitamin C – potatoes, onions, and goji berries

Personally, we think it’s called so because it’s so easy to cook like ABC! In fact, we cook this so often at home in so many variations – and they taste great no matter what. We also sometimes use pork ribs or combine both chicken and pork.

Interestingly, ABC Soup may have originated from the Chinese community in Malaysia and Singapore. However, it is also similar to the Cantonese pork ribs and sweetcorn soup.

Making it easier with pressure cooker

We like using a pressure cooker for soups to extract maximum flavours and nutrients in a jiffy. Slow cooking is also recommended – but a pressure cooker just compresses (pun intended) the time from 2-3 hours to less than 30 mins.

The pressure cooker is just another word for instant pot.

Other similar recipes

As mentioned earlier, ABC Soup is a staple dish in our home. The other two Chinese soups we cook regularly at home with the pressure cooker is Lotus Root Soup and Old Cucumber Soup.

Find other pressure cooker recipes here and soup recipes here.

Key Steps in Pictures

Philips HD2139 Pressure Cooker

To yield the best ABC Soup with our recipe, we recommend the Philips HD2139 Pressure Cooker. We’ve been using Philips’ pressure cooker for years – and they are amazing.

Considering getting yours from Shopee through this link.