For me, Chinese New Year means delicious Chinese food ^^. I love Chinese food, well, because my grand ma came from China, and I grown up eating all the food that she cooked for me. Even when she passed away, I still miss the warmness of the food from my childhood day, esp. soup. Chinese soup that thickened with corn flour is my favourite, and today I will share with you an easy recipe that you can make at home: Fish Maw Soup.
1.75l ………………………… Water or chicken stock*
5 cloves …………………….. Garlic, crushed
2 roots ………………………. Coriander roots (washed and crushed)
2 cubes ……………………… Knorr chicken bouillon*
5-8 ……………………………. Drumettes
50g …………………………… Shiitake, cut into pieces
125g …………………………. Fish maw, cut into pieces (soak in the water for 1 hour before using, )
2tbsp ………………………… Soy sauce
1tbsp ………………………… Seasoning sauce
1tbsp ………………………… Oyster sauce
1-1 1/2tsp ………………….. Sugar
100ml ……………………….. Water (for mixing with corn starch)
55g …………………………… Corn starch (7tbsp)
8 cubes ……………………… Boiled pork blood cubes
10 …………………………….. Boiled quail eggs
*If using chicken stock, skip chicken bouillon.
Pour the water (or stock) into a large pot, and place it over medium heat.
Put the garlics, and coriander roots into the pot and bring to boil.
When the water become boil, put the chicken bouillon into the pot.
Put drumettes into the pot.
Pour the shiitake into the pot, and let it boil for 5 minutes.
Put the fish maw into the pot, pour all the seasoning into the pot and let it boil for 10 minutes.
Mix 100ml of water with the corn starch.
Pour into the pot, and stir to combine, let the mixture become boil.
Put the boiled pork blood cubes and boiled quail eggs into the pot and let it boil for 1-2 minutes.
Divide into serving bowl, sprinkle with black pepper and serve hot
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