The homemade Chinese while radish with pork ribs (排骨萝卜汤 in Chinese) is a light and refreshing soup, usually served during lunch or dinner. The white radish soup is best to be consumed after a heavy meal, especially during the festive season like Chinese New Year.
Recipe Ingredients
The recipe calls for:
- 600 gram pork ribs – main ingredient
- 600 gram white radish – main ingredient
- 70 gram soybean – soy bean is one of the richest and cheapest sources of protein you can find. Soak the soy bean overnight before cooking will help soften it.
- 5 medium dried mushroom – soak overnight and remove its stalks
- 7 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp sugar
How to Choose A Fresh and Delicious White Radish?
- The surface of the radish should be smooth and clean. (no bumps on the surface is the best choice)
- Select heavy white radish
- Choose radish with less green near the head. Sunlight absorbed turns the radish into greenish color and becomes less tasty.
How to Cook Chinese White Radish with Pork Ribs Soup?
- Soak the soy bean and dried mushroom overnight.
- Wash the ribs. Soak the pork ribs in hot water (90 – 100 degrees Celsius) for 10 minutes.
- Rinse it thoroughly, drain the water, wash the pork ribs and set it aside. This process can remove the impurities of the ribs and give you a clear soup.
- Slice the mushroom into half.
- Peel the white radish and remove its skin.
- Cut the radish into uneven pieces as per below.
- Heat up a wok/pan and put in the garlic. Fry the garlic in medium heat until both sides become light brown color.
- After that, use 1 tbsp oil to fry the mushrooms for 2 minutes and then take out. Set aside.
- Fry the white radish for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 tsp sugar after 1 minute. (this step is to remove the bitterness of the white radish)
- To start cooking the soup, boil the water (3 liters). When the water is boiling, add the soybean, pork ribs and mushroom into the pot. Simmer it for 1 hour (using medium low heat).
- Add the white radish and garlic after 1 hour and use medium low heat simmer for around 30 minutes.
- Add in some salt before turning off the stove.
- Done and serve immediately.
Chinese White Radish with Pork Ribs Soup
Servings: 2 peoples
Ingredients
- 600 gram pork ribs
- 600 gram white radish
- 70 gram soy bean
- 5 dried mushroom medium size
- 1 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp sugar
Instructions
- Soak the soy bean and dried mushroom overnight.
- Wash the ribs. Soak the pork ribs in hot water (90 – 100 degrees Celsius) for 10 minutes.
- Rinse it thoroughly, drain the water, wash the pork ribs and set it aside. This process can remove the impurities of the ribs and give you a clear soup.
- Slice the mushroom into half.
- Peel the white radish and remove its skin.
- Cut the radish into uneven pieces as per below.
- Heat up a wok/pan and put in the garlic. Fry the garlic in medium heat until both sides become light brown color.
- After that, use 1 tbsp oil to fry the mushrooms for 2 minutes and then take out. Set aside.
- Fry the white radish for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 tsp sugar after 1 minute. (this step is to remove the bitterness of the white radish)
- To start cooking the soup, boil the water (3 liters). When the water is boiling, add the soybean, pork ribs and mushroom into the pot. Simmer it for 1 hour (using medium low heat).
- Add the white radish and garlic after 1 hour and use medium low heat simmer for around 30 minutes.
- Add in some salt before turning off the stove.
- Done and serve immediately.
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