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- From: rhorn@infinet (Rob Horn)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Hot and sour soup
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- Date: 12 Dec 86 07:49:17 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE HOTSOUR-SOUP-2 SP "1 Aug 86" 1986
- .RZ "HOT AND SOUR SOUP" "Popular Szechuan Chinese soup"
- I learned this recipe while taking Szechuan cooking classes. This
- soup is very popular in this country. It comes in a great
- many varieties, and can range from very mild to very spicy, and from a
- soup to almost a stew. This particular recipe is a medium spicy soup
- that should be within most peoples' tolerance range.
- .IH "serves 6\-8"
- .IG "1 cup" "bean curd," "250 g"
- cut into small cubes.
- .IG "\(14 cup" "bamboo shoot," "70 g"
- shredded
- .IG "\(14 cup" "golden needles" "10 g"
- (tiger lily pods)
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "wood ear fungus" "7 g"
- shredded
- .IG "\(14 cup" "black mushroom" "12 g"
- .IG "1" "egg,"
- well beaten
- .IG "4 oz" "very lean pork," "120 g"
- shredded
- .SH MIXTURE A
- .IG "1 tsp" "light soy sauce" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "cornstarch" "5 ml"
- .SH MIXTURE B
- .IG "6 cups" "chicken stock" "1.5 l"
- .IG "1\(12 tsp" "salt" "7.5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "MSG" "5 ml"
- (optional)
- .IG "1 tsp" "sugar" "5 ml"
- .SH MIXTURE C
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "cornstarch" "30 g"
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "water" "50 ml"
- .SH MIXTURE D
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "light soy sauce" "30 ml"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "vinegar" "30 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "sesame oil" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "chili oil" "5 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "black pepper" "2.5 ml"
- (fresh ground)
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "white pepper" "2.5 ml"
- (fresh ground)
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "scallion," "10 g"
- or green onion, chopped
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "fresh ginger," "15 g"
- chopped (Do not use powdered ginger).
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Put the golden needles, wood ear, and black
- mushroom to soak in separate bowls of water. It takes 30 to 60 minutes
- for them to be ready. After soaking, the wood ear should be a flexible and
- flat material. It may have a few hard lumps; cut these off and discard them.
- Discard the soaking liquids.
- .SK 2
- Meanwhile, prepare mixtures \fBA\fR,\fBC\fR, and \fBD\fR. Place their
- ingredients in bowls, and mix well. When mixing with cornstarch, add the
- liquid slowly to the cornstarch. This
- avoids getting undissolved cornstarch balls.
- .SK 3
- Shred the pork. This pork must be very lean. The meat
- portion of pork cutlets or the center of pork chops are good sources.
- Shredding means cutting the pork into pieces about the size of wooden
- matches.
- .AB "(\(14 inch square by 1\-2 inches)" "(5mm square by 3\-5 cm)"
- This is most easily done
- by slicing the pork, then laying the slices overlapping each other at an
- angle and cutting these at a reverse angle.
- .SK 4
- Marinate the pork in mixture \fBA\fR for 15 minutes. Then use
- .AB "2 Tbsp" "30 ml"
- oil to stir-fry the meat until the color changes. Set the meat aside.
- .SK 5
- Shred and cube the other ingredients.
- .SK 6
- Bring mixture \fBB\fR to a boil and add the black mushroom, bamboo
- shoots, wood ear, bean curd, and golden noodles. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Add the meat, then add mixture \fBC\fR. Add the beaten egg while stirring
- to disperse the egg in sheets and filaments. Add mixture \fBD\fR,
- and cook another minute.
- .SK 7
- Serve hot.
- .NX
- Bean curd must be fresh. If you cannot get it fresh, omit it.
- .PP
- You will need at least 6 bowls (soup bowls are OK), 1 large bowl, and
- either a two-handled wok or a large sauce pan. Don't attempt this
- with a one-handled wok because it will be filled with boiling soup and is
- almost certain to spill.
- .PP
- Hot and sour soup is a generic soup type, so you can make many
- variations on this soup. To control the spiciness, adjust the ratio
- between mixture \fBD\fR and mixture \fBB\fR. Changing the ratios
- inside mixture \fBD\fR changes the nature of the soup. Finally, you
- can add a lot more ingredients if you want. The critical ingredients
- are the golden needles, bamboo (although almost any variety can be
- good), mushrooms (or fungus of some sort), and pork shreds.
- Experiment with different kinds of fungus and bamboo. Adding other
- mild vegetables is usually a success.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy but tedious.
- .I Time:
- 1\-2 hours (lots of preparation, little cooking)
- .I Precision:
- measure the ingredients.
- .WR
- Rob Horn
- Infinet, Inc., North Andover, Massachusetts, USA
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