5 dried black mushrooms
15 pieces cloud ear fungus
30 pieces dried lily flower
6 cup chicken stock
1 cup mushroom liquid
6 tbsp clear rice vinegar
3 tbsp thin soy
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/4 lb lean pork
1 tsp dry sherry or rice wine
1 tsp thin soy
1/2 tsp sugar
1 cornstarch to coat
1/2 cup shredded bamboo
2 cakes bean curd, shredded
2 tbsp peanut oil
4 tbsp cornstarch (mixed as paste with
5 tbsp cold stock or water)
2 eggs, beaten
4 scallions, diced
1/4 cup sesame oil
A Recipe for
Sour-Hot Soup (Suan La Tang)
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Preparation: Soak mushrooms, cloud ear, and lily flowers separately
in hot water for 25 to 30 minutes or until soft. Reserve mushroom
liquid in amount specified above. Next remove stems from mushrooms;
discard. Pick off tough ends of cloud ear; discard ends; coarse chop
cloud ear. Remove tough ends of lily flowers; cut flowers in half.
Set aside until ready to begin cooking.
Slice pork thin, then cut into fine shreds. Place in small bowl, to
which also add wine, soy sauce and sugar; mix well with fingers. Add
cornstarch and mix again to coat evenly. Slice bean curd in thirds,
cut each slice in half, then cut each half into shreds.
Mix up cornstarch paste with cornstarch and stock or water; set aside.
Combine stock, mushroom liquid, vinegar, soy and black pepper. Bring
to simmer; add shredded bean curd; mix with chopsticks to keep bean
curd from sticking together. Simmer for 2 minutes.
While stock is simmering, heat wok and add peanut oil. Heat oil for 10
seconds; then add shredded pork; stir vigorously with spatulas until
pork loses its brown color and turns white. At this point, add
mushrooms, cloud ear, lily flower and bamboo. Stir for 15 seconds
over high heat; add to stock.
Bring stock back to simmer and slowly thicken with cornstarch mixture,
adding a little at a time until desired thickness is reached. Remove
from heat and slowly add beaten egg, dripping and folding a little at
a time. Top soup with diced scallions and sesame oil. Serve
immediately.
Posted by Fred Peters.
Serves: 6
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