Name: Pork Sparerib and Salted Radish Soup (Canh Sườn Cải Muối)
Yield: Serves 4-6 as part of a Shared Meal
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) salted radish; 300 g (10½ oz) pork spareribs, chopped into 2 × 3 cm (¾ × 1¼ inch) pieces; 2 spring onions (scallions), green part only, thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons fish sauce; 1 handful coriander (cilantro) leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4-6
as part of a Shared Meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Songs of Sapa

By Luke Nguyen

Published 2009

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SALTED RADISH CAN BE FOUND AT YOUR ASIAN MARKET. THEY ARE SOLD DRIED, WHOLE, FLATTENED AND ELONGATED, AROUND 15-25 CM (6-10 INCHES) IN LENGTH, AND YOU CAN BUY THEM INDIVIDUALLY BY WEIGHT. THE USE OF SALTED RADISH IN THIS RECIPE GIVES THE SOUP A GOOD BALANCE OF SOUR, SWEET AND SALTINESS. IT ALSO BR