Pork Broth

Although Asian cooks frequently use pork broth as a soup base, it rarely occurs to Western cooks to use it. In my opinion it’s the most savory and satisfying of all meat broths. Because pork is relatively inexpensive, you can use meat instead of relying on bones alone.

Whole pork shoulder is the most economical cut to use for broth, but since there is little call for the whole shoulder it usually has to be ordered in advance. A quicker solution is to use shoulder pork chops from the