Chinese White Radish Soup

Chinese White Radish Soup

Ingredients

• 300 grammes pork ribs / bony pork or chicken parts
• 1 white radish (about 200 grammes or more – cut into large chunks or sliced)
• 8 red dates
• 1 piece dried cuttlefish
• 6 pieces dried oysters
• 700 ml water for soup (or approximately 2 1/2 soup bowls of water)
• 500 ml water

Method

Bring to boil 500 ml water in a pot. Add pork ribs / chicken part and allow the meat to cook slightly. Remove scum from surface of water. Remove meat and discard water.

Bring to boil 700 ml water in a clean pot. Add the partially cooked meat and the rest of the ingredients and bring back to boil. Then reduce heat to simmer for 2 to 3 hours or till soup reduced to 1 1/2 bowls water. Add salt to taste before serving.

If you are using a crockpot or double-boiler, reduce amount of water to just over a soup bowl. Add ingredients into pot. Boil the water separately and pour the boiling water into the pot before simmering. Enjoy your chinese white radish soup.