Chicken Feet Papaya Soup

This is one of my favorite soups...Chicken Feet Papaya soup:

Chicken feet

Papaya
Red dates
Dried Mandarin peel
Pork bone
Ginger

Blanch the chicken feet and pork bone for about 5-10 minutes first. That gets rid of oil and scuzz that comes with using animal bone. This soup is nourishing and the papaya helps with breastmilk production. (Fish and Green Papaya soup is the best for that.)

I have a thermal pot which makes soup really easy to do. As the water heats up to a rolling boil in the metal pot, I prepare and add all the ingredients. I boil the soup for about 45 minutes and then transfer it into the thermal pot where it continues to simmer. A few carefree hours later...it's done! This pot is also awesome for making stews and congee.