When shopping, try to get the freshest and best quality produce and ingredients you can.

This pork bones soup is one of those dishes that seem to taste even better on the second or third cook.

Boil up in slow cooker

Of course you can cook your boil up in a slow cooker.
Follow the first 4 steps as per the recipe above, but use your slow cooker instead of the stockpot, you will need to cook gently for 2-3 hours instead of simmering.

Follow steps 5, 6 and 7 but cook on for a further 1-2 hours.

Boil Up serving Suggestions

• Serve your boil up in soup bowls with buttered bread on the side.
• Serve your hot boil up in large bowls with dollops of butter placed on top. Let the butter melt through and enjoy.
• Serve over mashed potatoes.
• Goes great on a bed of steamed rice.
• Serve Cheese scones on the side instead of doughboys.

Boil up ingredient Substitutions

For the ingredients, they are easily found at your local fruit and vegie market and butcher.
If you are having a hard time finding particular ingredients, then here are some substitution ideas.

• Kumara;
  Kumara is simply the Maori word for (Purple)sweet potato. You can replace with any root vegetable you like.
• Pork bones;
  Pork chops or Pork ribs, such as spareribs are a good substitute for this recipe.
  You can substitute with most kinds of meaty bones including beef, lamb, mutton or goat.
• Bacon hock;
  Smokey bacon can be a substitute for bacon hock this recipe.
• Watercress;
  Substitutes for Watercress could be Spinach, Silverbeet, Kale or Nasturtium Leaves.

For a healthier Maori Boil Up

This recipe is already healthy but you can always;

1. Lower Sodium
   Eliminate salt from boil up ingredients
2. Add more vegetables such as sliced carrots.