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This tasty soup with white Asian radish and pork ribs is easy to make and utterly warming and satisfying when it’s cold outside.

Meat• Soups and stews• Vegetables• [Simmering]

White Asian radish and pork rib soup

When simmered in stock until broken down, taro releases its starch to make the soup rich and creamy—very much like thick potato soups most people in the West are familiar with, but without the use of heavy cream, sour cream, milk, or cheese. The addition of bok choy and ham turns the soup into a one-dish meal.

Soups and stews• Vegetables• [Simmering]

Thick taro soup with bok choy and ham (青菜火腿芋艿羹)

A nourishing and healing soup in hot weather, thanks to the cooling properties of Job's tears and winter melon.

Soups and stews• [Simmering]

Job’s tears and winter melon soup with pork ribs (薏米冬瓜排骨汤)

In China, medicinal and culinary usages of mugwort, called Ai Cao (艾草) in Mandarin, date back for thousands of years. Its floral aroma, reminiscent of chrysanthemums, makes this soup unique and refreshing.

Soups and stews• Vegetables• [Simmering]

Mugwort soup with fingerling potatoes and beech mushrooms

When you simmer lotus roots and pork bones together, you get a tasty and nourishing soup where the subtle flavor of lotus roots shines through.

Meat• Soups and stews• [Simmering]

Lotus root and pork bone soup, Hubei style (湖北莲藕猪骨汤)

This rich and delicious winter soup with pig’s trotters and dried soybeans is consumed by millions of Chinese families to stay warm and nourished.

Meat• Soups and stews• Soybeans and tofu• [Simmering]

Pig’s trotter and soybean soup

Without using any milk or cream, the milky look and creamy taste of this fish soup is the result of the emulsion of gelatin and fat through boiling.

Fish and shelfish• Soups and stews• [Boiling/Poaching]

Chinese-style milky fish soup

The jade-green flesh of green radish is sweet and juicy, with a distinct aroma. This soup of green radishes, pork ribs, and goji berries is aromatic, tasty, and nurishing.

Meat• Soups and stews• Vegetables• [Simmering]

Green radish and pork rib soup