Burdock Root, White Radish & Lean Pork Soup

Why people make this soup

Dry autumn air has a way of creeping into the throat — a scratchy, parched feeling that gets worse after a week of takeaway food or a few nights without enough sleep. Fresh burdock root, well known as a vegetable in Japanese cooking (gobo), has a long tradition in Chinese food therapy as a throat-clearing, heat-resolving ingredient that also “vents lung qi.” White radish — or green radish for an even stronger cooling effect — is one of the most used vegetables in Chinese cooking for dissolving food stagnation, relieving coughs, and soothing a raw throat. Together with ginger and lean pork, this is a deeply nourishing, clean-tasting soup that works for the whole family. Nourilo particularly recommends it for people who have been eating too much fried or spicy food and feel the consequences in their throat.