Salted Radish (aka Cai Po 菜脯) & Chicken Claws Soup

I remembered mum used to boil this soup very long time ago, tried out myself on Wed, the salted radish gave a natural sweetness & saltiness to the soup, I don have to add in any salt or sugar at all, yum!

Ingredients

200g   salted radish (cai po in Hokkien)

1          carrot

10        chicken claws

1/3       old chicken hen (for boiling soup)

2          honey date (蜜棗)

2 litre   water

1. Clean chicken claws and chicken meat, boil a pot of hot water, boil chicken and claws in hot water for 2 to 3 minutes to wash off the blood
   
2. Place chicken, claws and honey dates into soup pot, pour in 2 litre of hot water, bring to boil, then simmer
3. Cut salted radish and carrot into bite size
4. Place salted radish and carrot into soup, continue simmer for 2 hours

My bowl of soup and the claws, yummy!