Snowy Swan Footprints (Snowflake Sea Cucumber
A presentation dish featuring snowflake-shaped garnishes made from whipped egg white, stir-fried with sea cucumber, chicken breast, and other ingredients. White as snow with an elegant, refined presentation.
Ingredients
Sea cucumber (blanched)
as needed
Chicken breast (starch-coated)
as needed
Abalone
as needed
Button mushroom
as needed
Winter bamboo shoot
as needed
Green peas
as needed
Ham (cut into small elephant eye slices, starch-coated)
as needed
Egg white (stretched into a foamy texture)
as needed
Milk
as needed
Salt
as needed
MSG
as needed
Cornstarch
as needed
Shaoxing wine
as needed
Scallion (for stir-frying to release aroma)
as needed
Instructions
1
Cutting, preparation and starch coating
Cut the ham into small elephant eye slices, then coat each pre-cut ingredient with starch slurry
2
Blanching
Bring water to a boil in a wok, blanch the ingredients briefly, then remove and set aside
3
Stir-frying
Add base oil to the wok, stir-fry scallions to release aroma, add the blanched sea cucumber, chicken breast, abalone, button mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, green peas and ham, stir-fry until cooked, drizzle with Shaoxing wine, season with salt and MSG, then transfer to a plate
4
Preparing the snowflake sauce topping
Stretch the egg white into a foamy texture, cook it, then add milk, salt, MSG and cornstarch, stir until smooth to form a snowflake-like consistency, then pour over the ingredients on the plate
5
Plating
Arrange some of the blanched sea cucumber, ham, shiitake mushrooms and bok choy on top to form mountain and water patterns, and the dish is complete
