Chinese
Chinese - Soups and Broths
Shark Fin Melon Soup
Chef's Menu Description
A wholesome, deeply comforting soup crafted from slow-simmered stock, aromatic garden vegetables, and fresh herbs, served with crusty bread.
Ingredients
- • 600g winter melon, peeled and grated into fine strands
- • 1.2 litres chicken stock
- • 100g cooked crabmeat
- • 30g dried prawns, soaked
- • 3 dried scallops, soaked and shredded
- • 3 slices ginger
- • 2 tbsp cornflour mixed with 4 tbsp water
- • 1 egg white, beaten
- • 1/2 tsp salt
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Bring the chicken stock to a boil with the ginger, dried prawns and scallops.
2
Phase 2
Add the shredded winter melon and simmer for 20 minutes until very soft.
3
Phase 3
Stir in the crabmeat and salt.
4
Phase 4
Add the cornflour slurry, stirring until the soup lightly thickens.
5
Phase 5
Drizzle in the egg white, turn off the heat and serve hot.