6 chinese turnip soup Recipes

chinese turnip, cut into bite size pieces, pork ribs, cut into bite size pieces, water, salt to taste, generous pinch of pepper, sugar or hon dashi (to replace msg), sliced spring onion

beef short ribs , cut between bones into pieces, water, soy sauce, scotch or medium-dry sherry, sugar, six 1/4-inch-thick diagonal slices fresh gingerroot, scallions, trimmed, garlic cloves, chopped, a 3-inch cinnamon stick, aniseed, dried hot red pepper flakes, turnips, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes, egg noodles, asian (toasted) sesame oil if desired

water, kombu seaweed (sea vegetable, each 3 x 5-inch), miso , to taste, diced tofu, cooked chinese noodles, chopped scallion, grated fresh daikon radishes or turnip, crisp cucumber, seeded and grated

chicken backs (or both) or 5 lbs chicken necks (or both), fresh ginger , each the size of a 25 cent piece, chinese preserved turnip or 2 preserved radish, in balls, coarsely chopped and rinsed with fresh water