Daikon White Radish and Pork Bone Soup Chinese Cooking Stove Top Version | BIG Bites MY

White Daikon Radish and Pork Bone Soup (Stove Top Version)

I love white radish soup because the radish will always naturally sweeten the soup. Although cooking it in the instant pot / pressure cooker is fast and easy, I always prefer to boil my soups for 2 hours on the stove top. So much tastier! Preparation takes about 15 minutes but fuss free cooking time takes about 2 hours, so this is a really SO EASY LAH recipe! The recipe shown here feeds two, just double up accordingly if you are cooking for more. A bowl of hot, steaming radish soup goes so well with rice on cold, rainy nights.

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Prep time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 2 hours

Serving: 2 (increase portions accordingly if you are cooking for more)

Ingredients:

• 100g pork shoulder cubes
• 100g pork bones / soup bones
• 3000ml water
• 1 small white radish / Daikon
• 8 red dates
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 piece pork stock cube
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oysters
• 1/2 teaspoon white peppercorns

Method:

1. Pork:
• Add 1000ml water to a saucepan. Add pork bones and pork cubes. Bring to a boil over MEDIUM LOW heat. Boil for 3 minutes. 
• The scum and impurities will float to the top. 
• Pour away the liquid and rinse the pork cubes and pork bones under running water to wash away the scum. Set aside.
2. Rinse white peppercorns. Dry it. Crush the peppercorns and set aside. 
3. Peel white radish. Cut into 1cm thick discs. Then cut each disc into quarters. 
4. Rinse red dates and dried oysters
5. Bring 2000ml water to a boil over MEDIUM LOW heat
6. Add pork bones, pork cubes and peppercorns
7. Add red dates, dried oysters and the pork stock cube into the pot
8. Add white radish
9. Cover pot and boil over MEDIUM LOW heat for an hour
10. Add salt. Cover pot and boil over MEDIUM LOW heat for another hour.
11. Taste and flavor to your liking
12. Garnish with chopped spring onions and it's ready to be served