Chrysanthemum Yellow Croaker Soup
A thick soup with yellow croaker, tofu, dried shiitake mushrooms, and white chrysanthemum as its primary ingredients.
Ingredients
light soy sauce
2 tsp
Shaoxing wine
1 tsp
salt
1/4 tsp
white pepper
a pinch
dried shiitake mushrooms (soaked until soft and shredded, reserve soaking water)
to taste
oil
to taste
ginger and scallion
to taste
yellow croaker
to taste
chicken stock
to taste
water or light chicken stock
2.5 cup
tofu
to taste
yellow croaker flesh (deboned)
to taste
winter bamboo shoots
to taste
Chinese ham
to taste
cornstarch slurry
to taste
sesame oil
to taste
beaten egg
to taste
white chrysanthemum petals (washed and separated)
to taste
cilantro leaves (washed and picked)
to taste
Instructions
1
Preparation
- Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms until soft, shred them, and reserve the soaking water. 2. In a 4-liter deep pot, add oil, ginger, and scallion; heat over high heat for 2 minutes. Add the yellow croaker and chicken stock, and heat over high heat for 4 minutes. 3. Remove the yellow croaker, debone it and keep the flesh, and toss together with the seasonings. Reserve the fish broth. 4. Rinse the white chrysanthemum petals in lightly salted water and separate them, then drain. Wrap them in paper towels. Wash the cilantro and pick off the leaves.
2
Method 1
- Add 2.5 cups of water or light chicken stock to the deep pot containing the fish broth, cover, and heat over high heat for 10 minutes. Add the tofu, yellow croaker flesh, shiitake mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, and Chinese ham, replace the lid, and continue heating over high heat for another 5 minutes.
3
Method 2
- Stir the cornstarch slurry into the hot broth until well combined, and heat over high heat for 1 minute. Season with salt, then add the sesame oil and white pepper and mix well. Pour in the beaten egg and stir several times. Let stand for 2 minutes.
4
Method 3
- Arrange the white chrysanthemum petals and cilantro leaves in a small dish, and add them to the yellow croaker soup just before serving at the table.
