Crab Roe Chicken Mince Pearl Taiji Soup
Pound chicken tenderloin into a fine velvety paste, mash the crab roe, then simmer both with sweet corn and superior stock to make a soup.
Ingredients
Crab roe (mashed to a paste)
125 g
Chicken tenderloin (tendons removed, pounded to a mince)
75 g
Corn (half to be used)
500 g
Egg white
75 g
Fine salt
3 tsp
MSG
2 tsp
Shaoxing wine (half to be used)
0.5 tbsp
Ginger wine
0.5 tbsp
Wet starch (for thickening)
0.5 tbsp
Superior stock (2 cups to be used)
5 cup
Ground white pepper
1 tsp
Lard
2 tbsp
Instructions
1
Prepare the chicken mince
Remove the central tendon from the chicken tenderloin, pound it to a mince with the back of a knife, place it in a bowl, add egg white and mix well, set aside.
2
Prepare the crab roe
Place the crab roe in another bowl, add ginger wine, mash the crab roe to a fine paste with a spoon, set aside.
3
Cook into a soup
Heat a wok over high heat, add lard, pour in half of the Shaoxing wine, add 2 cups of superior stock, add half of the corn, season with fine salt and MSG, stir in 0.5 tbsp of wet starch to thicken, remove from heat, slowly add the prepared chicken mince and stir to combine evenly.