Hot And Sour Soup With Shrimp Napa Cabbage And Shiitake Mushrooms Recipes

HOT AND SOUR SOUP (酸辣汤)

Steps:

• Gently rinse dried shiitake mushrooms, dried wood ear mushrooms, and lily flowers with tap water. Soak each of them with 1.5 to 2 cups warm water in three big bowls. Rehydrate for 30 minutes to 1 hour, until tender. Slice mushrooms into strips. Snip off the tough ends of lily flowers and discard. Remove tough ends of wood ear mushrooms, then chop into bite-sized pieces. Reserve the marinating water from lily flower and shiitake mushrooms, 2 cups in total
• Combine pork, Shaoxing wine, salt and cornstarch in a bowl. Mix well by hand. Marinate for 10 - 15 minutes.
• Add Chinkiang vinegar and white pepper into a small bowl. Mix well until the white pepper is completely dissolved.
• Add water or chicken stock, ginger, and green onion into a pot and heat over medium-high heat. If you reserved the marinating liquid from step one, you can add it plus 4 cups water or chicken stock.
• Add rehydrated wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, lily flowers, and tofu to the pot. Cook until bringing to a simmer. Add soy sauce and turn to medium-low heat.
• Mix the cornstarch with 1/4 cup of water in a bowl until cornstarch is fully dissolved. Slowly swirl the cornstarch slurry into the soup. Stir to thicken the soup.
• Add the pork from step one into the soup, stirring several times to prevent the pork strips from sticking together. Add the salt. Slowly swirl in the beaten egg and stir well. The egg should be scattered and not clotted.
• Remove the pot from stove. Add the vinegar and pepper mixture and stir to mix well.
• Garnish with cilantro and drizzle with sesame oil. Give it a final stir. Taste the soup and add more salt if needed.
• Serve hot.

HOT-AND-SOUR SOUP WITH SHRIMP, NAPA CABBAGE, AND SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add curry paste and stir until beginning to stick to pan, about 4 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, kaffir lime leaves, and minced ginger. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium and simmer 5 minutes. Add shrimp and mushrooms. Cook until shrimp begin to turn pink, about 3 minutes. Add cabbage; cook until beginning to wilt, about 30 seconds. Stir in lime juice. Divide soup among bowls; sprinkle with chopped cilantro and green onions and serve.

HOT AND SOUR SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Cook mushrooms and garlic in oil until soft (do not brown). Stir in tomato, pineapple, celery and sugar and cook until tomatoes begin to soften. Stir in chicken broth and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and stir in lime juice and soy sauce; simmer 5 minutes. Stir in shrimp and red pepper and simmer 3 minutes more, until shrimp are pink. Stir in bean sprouts, onion and reserved noodles. Heat through and serve.

HOT AND SOUR CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• NOTE: One cup of seasoned rice vinegar is the same as 3/4 cup white rice vinegar plus 1/4 cup sugar plus 2 teaspoons salt. I used this substitution and it was great.
• Spray a large soup pot with some cooking spray, and heat over medium heat. Add onion, and saute until soft.
• Meanwhile, quarter your cabbage, remove the core, and shred the cabbage with a large chef's knife. Add tomatoes, cabbage, undrained mushrooms, and broth to the pot and stir well.
• Add the soy sauce, vinegar, chili flakes and salt. Bring to a boil, cover, then turn heat down to medium low. Simmer for 20 minutes or until cabbage is the desired tenderness.
• Grind a lot of fresh black pepper over the top and serve.

NAPA CABBAGE AND SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• In a 4-quart saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook gently, stirring occasionally, for about 4 minutes, or until fragrant and soft. Add the dried shrimp, salt, and fish sauce and cook for about 30 seconds to develop the flavors. Add the water, raise the heat to high, and bring to a boil. Skim and discard any scum that floats to the top. Add the cabbage and return to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes, or until the cabbage has softened and the soup is golden. If you are not serving the soup right away, turn off the heat and cover.
• Just before serving, return the soup to a simmer. Drop in the shrimp. When the shrimp have turned pink and curled, add the pepper. Taste and add extra salt or fish sauce, if necessary. Ladle into a serving bowl and garnish with the scallion. Serve immediately.
• Vietnamese soups are enjoyed throughout the meal, not just at the start, which means you may always go back for more as long as some is left. You use the same bowl for soup that you use for rice, so don't set aside the soup bowl when it is empty. In fact, it is a Viet tradition to ladle canh into a bowl containing a little rice. This practice of eating canh voi com (soup with rice) arose in times of hardship when meager diets consisted mostly of rice. Flavoring it with soup got people to consume more rice, which made them feel fuller. Nowadays, with food scarcity less of a concern for many people, canh still tastes good with a little rice in the bowl.