Re: [CH] Tofu
=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:17:42 -0400
At 08:20 PM 4/11/00 -0400, =Mark wrote:
>>But, please: what is a green onion? I'm dying to know.
>>
>
>Another name for scallions. I've got a tofu intense hot & Sour soup recipe
>at:
>
>http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens/hotsour.html
>
Got a request to post the recipe for those without web access:
Chinese Hot & Sour Soup
Ingredients:
6 cups chicken stock
1/4 lb julienned lean pork or chicken
2 tbsp garlic & red chile paste
2 tbsp soy sauce
3/4 tsp ground white pepper
4 eggs, beaten
5 tbsp cornstarch
1 cup sliced shittake mushrooms
1 can peeled straw mushrooms
1 can sliced bamboo shoots
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 can baby corn ears
1 cake soft tofu, sliced into 1/4 inch cubes
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tsp sesame oil
1/4 cup dried black fungus (cloud ears), soaked in water for one
hour, drained and sliced.
finely chopped scallions for garnish
Preparation:
1. Bring stock to a simmer, add soy, pork, mushrooms & chile
paste, simmer for 10 minutes.
2. add pepper, vinegar, bamboo, baby corn, water chestnuts,
fungus and tofu, simmer 10 min
3. Mix cornstarch with 5 tbsp water and add. bring back to a
simmer and pour the eggs in a very thin stream over the surface.
Let stand for 10 seconds before gently stirring in the sesame oil.
4. serve with a garnish of chopped scallions. The pepper, vinegar
and chile paste can be varied to taste. You're a chile-head, you
know what to do!
=Mark "Runs With Scissors" Stevens
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