Steamed Three Shreds
A traditional Shanghai dish made with finely shredded ham, bamboo shoots, and chicken breast, steamed together to symbolize unity.
Ingredients
cooked pork butt (shredded)
75 g
cooked ham (shredded)
10 g
cooked chicken breast (shredded)
50 g
cooked bamboo shoot (shredded)
50 g
large shiitake mushroom (stemmed and cleaned)
1
fresh broth
to taste
rendered lard
to taste
fine salt
to taste
MSG
to taste
Instructions
1
Shred and arrange
Cut the cooked pork, ham, bamboo shoots, and chicken breast into 6 cm-long thin shreds separately. Stem and clean the shiitake mushroom, place it stem-side down in the center of a small bowl. Divide the ham shreds into three equal portions, stand them upright in the bowl to partition it into three equal sections. Add one portion of chicken shreds and two portions of bamboo shoot shreds to each section. Finally, place the pork shreds in the center of the bowl, press firmly, sprinkle with fine salt, and pour in some fresh broth.
2
Steam
Steam in a steamer for approximately 15 minutes, then invert into a soup bowl.
3
Add broth
Bring the fresh broth to a boil, skim off any foam, season to taste, drizzle in rendered lard, and gently pour into the soup bowl to serve.
