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Healthy, yet very tasty ginger broth with asian greens

"Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind."

Latin version: "Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum"

The day I stop learning is the day I die.

There are endless of fantastic recipes out there of any kinds of food that our world can offer. They can range from very complex gourmet recipes to so simple (still taste gourmet) appetizing recipes, like for this very easy 10 minute vietnamese ginger broth with asian greens.

Preparation: 5 minutes, Cooking time: 5 minutes

Recipe "au pif":
2 cups chopped fresh asian greens (Kai lan, watercress, even zucchinis...any greens you can find in your fridge)
1 large white onion, peeled
1/2 lb ground pork (or boneless pork chop with fat trimmed off)
2 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
3 tbsp fish sauce (or to taste)
6 cups of water

Boil water on high heat in large saucepan.

Add in the whole peeled onion, ginger, ground pork and fish sauce. Lower heat to medium high and let simmer until the pork is cooked, for about 5 minutes.

Remove onion, ginger, pork and ginger with a collapsible hand mesh strainer.

Turn off heat and stir in the asian greens. Let it sit for another 5 minutes.

Serve hot as a sidedish.

Serves 4 people.