Cooking Index - Cooking Recipes & IdeasChinese Scallop And Ginger Soup Recipe - Cooking Index

Chinese Scallop And Ginger Soup

Simple, delicate, and cleansing; it's a wonderfully Chinese start to any number of luncheons or dinners.

Type: Fish
Courses: Soup

Recipe Ingredients

12   Sea scallops - cut in 1/8" strips
1 oz 28gFresh ginger - peeled, julienned,
  Reserving peel
2   Scallions - finely sliced
  On the diagonal
2 1/2 cups 592mlFish stock
1/2 tablespoon 7.5mlSoy sauce
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlArrowroot or cornstarch
1   Lemon juice
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground white or pink pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Put the julienned ginger in a saucepan with cold water. Bring to a boil, then remove ginger and drain.

Bring the fish stock to a boil with the ginger peels. Remove from heat and let steep for 15 minutes. Strain the ginger water into a clean pot. Add soy sauce, ginger strips, and scallions and bring to a simmer.

Mix the arrowroot or cornstarch with a little water and stir into the broth. Season with the lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

When you're ready to serve, add the scallop strips to the simmering stock, poach for 10 seconds, then ladle into bowls.

This recipe yields ?? servings.

Source:
Soup Of The Evening...Beautiful Soup at http://www.soupsong.com

Rating

Average rating:

Unrated, please add a rating

Submit your rating:

Click a star to rate this recipe.