This recipe seems to be an American version of a Szechan style soup, on account of the egg and cornflour in it, which makes it a lot thicker. There are a number of variations, for instance Tofu makes a good chicken substitute, or you could go the other way entirely and add pig's blood to flavour it! Or at least use pork as the meat
Ingredients
900ml Stock (I used chicken, but you could swap for vegetable if you wanted)
200g mushrooms (Any kind will do, but oyster or straw mushrooms are good)
50g bamboo shoots
3 slices fresh ginger
2 cloves crushed garlic
2 tsp dark soy sauce
4 Lime leaves
1/2 tsp chili flakes
500g chicken (I used thigh, but breast is good) skinned and cut into thin strips
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 spring onions - finely chopped
3 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp cornflour
1 large egg - beaten
Method
To the stock and water, add the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, ginger, chili flakes, garlic , lime leaves and soy sauce. Bring this to the boil then simmer
Toss the chicken in sesame oil. Bring the stock and other ingredients to a rolling boil then add the chicken, then add the beaten egg, slowly drizzling it into the stock to create long strands of cooked egg.
Mix the cornflour and vinegar in a separate bowl, then add this to the soup, boiling until the soup thickens and the chicken cooks - this should take about 3 minutes
Garnish with chopped spring onions and serve.
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