HOT AND SOUR MEAT SOUP.
Basic chicken stock.
Ingredients
3 pound stewing fowl or equivalent in chicken part, cut into quarters.
4 quarts of cold water.
2 cups of mixed vegetables (carrots, onions, celery, turnips, spring onions, only washed with out cutting.
1-inch piece of fresh ginger root only cut into 2 slices without peeling.
2 teaspoons of soy sauce.
Method.
1. Place the chicken and cold water in a stockpot. Let it boil and immediately start to skim the surface as the fat rises. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 1 hour. Remove the chicken.
2. Add the vegetables and ginger to the stock, cover and simmer for a further 15 minutes.
3. Add the soy sauce, simmer for more 5 minutes, and then strain off the solids. Refrigerate the stock and then remove all fat that has risen.
Ingredients for soup.
4 cups chicken stock.
4dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 15 minutes and thinly sliced.
½ cup of meat (mutton or beef) thinly sliced then cut into matchstick shreds.
¼ cup of canned (tin pack) bamboo shoots, rinsed in cold water then cut into julienne strips.
2 tablespoon of soy sauce.
1square of bean curd, cut into thin strips.
1slice of ham, cut into ¼ inch thick cut into julienne strips.
½ teaspoon ground black pepper.
1teaspoon salt.
1 teaspoon of granulated sugar.
3 tablespoons of white vinegar.
2tablespoons of cornstarch mixed into half cup of cold water.
1egg, beaten.
1inch piece of fresh ginger root, cut into thin shreds.
1green spring onion cut into fine thin strips.10coriander leaves, chopped.
1teaspoon of sesame oil.
Method.
1. Bring the stock to a boil, together with the mushrooms, meat, bamboo shoots and soy sauce.
2. Reduce the heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Uncover; add the bean curd and ham. Then stir in the pepper, salt, sugar and vinegar and simmer for 2 minutes.
3. Stir the cornstarch and add it slowly into the soup and stop when soup become thick.
4. Put off the heat and pour the beaten egg in a thin stream, stirring constantly.
5. Pour into a serving bowl and stir in the ginger, spring onion, coriander leaves and sesame oil and serve immediately.
