Fresh Lotus Seed and Green Crab Meat Soup
Simmer fresh lotus seeds with mud crab meat, crab roe, and chicken stock, then thicken with a light starch slurry to make a smooth soup.
Ingredients
Fresh lotus seeds (cleaned, peeled and cored)
200 g
Green crab meat (cleaned, from steamed green crab)
200 g
Green crab roe (extracted and thinned, weight not specified)
to taste
Chicken broth
1 bowl
Refined salt
20 g
Shaoxing wine
1 tbsp
Arrowroot powder (used in stages for thinning roe and thickening)
2 tbsp
Instructions
1
Step 1
Extract the green crab roe and mix with a small amount of water, wine, and arrowroot powder to thin it out. Steam the green crab in its shell until cooked, then extract the crab meat, and peel and core the lotus seeds.
2
Step 2
Then place the crab roe, crab meat, and lotus seeds together into a pot, add the chicken broth, salt, and wine, and bring to a boil. Separately mix more arrowroot powder and add to the pot to make a thin slurry, then remove from heat.
