Lianpot Pork and Radish Soup
A famous Sichuan dish featuring a flavorful broth and tender meat, served with a dipping sauce.
Ingredients
Pork hind leg (boiled until tender, cut into large thin slices)
200 g
White radish (cut into 0.2 cm thick, 3 cm wide, 4 cm long slices)
75 g
Chili oil
13 g
Fermented broad bean chili paste
13 g
Whole scallion
13 g
White pepper powder
a pinch
Sichuan pepper powder
a pinch
Shaoxing cooking wine
13 g
Soy sauce
50 g
MSG
3 g
Sichuan peppercorns
5
Ginger (crushed)
8 g
Instructions
1
Step 1
Boil the pork in boiling water until fully cooked, then drain and cut into large thin slices. Cut the white radish into slices 0.2 cm thick, 3 cm wide and 4 cm long. Crush the ginger and set aside the whole scallion.
2
Step 2
Combine soy sauce, chili oil, Sichuan pepper powder, fermented broad bean chili paste and reserved soup to make a dipping sauce.
3
Step 3
Add the white radish to the reserved soup, along with Sichuan peppercorns and whole scallion. Boil over high heat until the radish is tender. Add the pork slices and simmer briefly. Then stir in cooking wine, MSG, white pepper powder and salt to taste. Serve with the dipping sauce.