Pork Bone Soup (My Mom's Recipe)

This is one of those dishes I grew up with. My mom used it as the base for so many things she made — birthday noodles, hotpot, and all kinds of dishes that needed a good stock. It’s savory, a little sweet, and still one of my favorite soups.

One day, I asked her to teach me how to make it. She stood there patiently, showing her son who had never really cooked before, how to make this soup from scratch. I wanted to preserve her recipe, so here it is.

Ingredients:

• Pork Neck Bone
• Daikon Radish
• Chicken Stock
• Chicken Bouillon
• Salt

Directions:

Bring a pot of water to a boil and blanch the pork neck bone for around 5 minutes.

Remove the bones and rinse in running water.

Wash out the pot and put the pork neck bone back

Add 4 cups of chicken stock and 4 cups of water.

Bring it to a boil, then stir in half a chicken bouillon cube.

Add roughly chopped daikon radish.

Lower the heat and simmer for about 1 hour.

Season with salt to taste.