Glass noodle soup recipe (冬粉汤)

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Angeline

glass noodle soup recipe

This is another gem from my home-cooked favourites. My mum taught me to make this soup as I’m so fond of it and it’s really easy to make too! Just make sure that the basic soup base is nice and the soup can’t go very wrong. 😀

Glass noodle soup 冬粉汤

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Glass noodle soup recipe (冬粉汤)
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 2 small bundles of glass noodles (soak in water till soft)
  • 2 eggs (beaten)
  • 2 tablespoons of minced meat
  • 3 chicken carcasses
  • 250g pork ribs
  • 10g dried scallop
  • 1 handful dried shrimp
  • 1 handful preserved radish (dong cai / 冬菜)
  • fish sauce to taste (if still not salty enough)
  • 1 soup pot of water (about 3L)
Marinate minced meat with:
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • a couple of dashes ground black pepper
  • a dash of sesame oil
  • a dash of hua diao jiu
Instructions
  1. Blanch chicken bones and pork ribs.
  2. Rinse the dried scallop and dried shrimp.
  3. Place the chicken bones, pork ribs, and dried shrimp in a soup bag then put the bag in together with the dried scallop into the soup pot of water.
  4. Bring to a boil on high heat then simmer on low heat for at least 2 hours.
  5. Marinate the minced meat and mix the minced meat together with the beaten egg.
  6. Fry the egg mixture till cooked. Add this to the soup when the soup has simmered long enough and when the soup has been sieved.
  7. Rinse the preserved radish before adding it to the soup.
  8. Add the glass noodles when just about to serve.
  9. Add fish sauce to taste if not salty enough.

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Braised pork ribs in hoisin sauce

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Angeline

A tasty dish that goes really well with a bowl of rice, or porridge. Yum! Need I say more?

Braised pork ribs in hoisin sauce

Ingredients:

  • about 1/2kg pork ribs
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • cornflour
  • water


Seasoning for marinating pork ribs:

  • about 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
  • about 1.5 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • sesame oil
  • sugar
  • ginger juice
  • hua diao jiu


Method:

  1. Wash the pork ribs clean and remove any visible fats.
  2. Marinate the pork ribs with the seasoning for at least 3 hours. As usual, I do this the night before.
  3. Heat oil in a wok and fry garlic till fragrant.
  4. Add the pork ribs and fry for awhile till the surface of the pork is slightly browned.
  5. Add water (enough to cover the pork ribs) and bring the water to a boil.
  6. Turn down the heat and simmer for 45min or until pork ribs are cooked.
  7. Thicken the gravy with cornflour solution.
  8. Serve hot.
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