Monday, 12 January 2015

Gingery Seafood Soup

Was feeling a bit lazy to cook today & I have my frozen squid thawed. So decided to cook a simple "one dish" with what I have available from my fridge. 

Voilà ! Gingery Seafood Soup, that warms the stomach on a cold winter night. 




Gingery Seafood Soup Recipe 

Serve : 5 

Ingredients : 
100g minced pork or chicken meat, seasoned with 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce,  2 tsp corn flour & 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine. 
4 cloves of garlic, smashed
Ginger as much as you like, thinly sliced
300g squids or prawns or both
3 sticks of celery, cut small 
2 tomatoes , cut chunck
Fresh mushrooms / canned mushrooms
2 tbsp oil 
1L water + 1 chicken stock cube
Fish sauce, salt & pepper to taste. 

Preparation steps: 
1. Boil the water & chicken stock cube in a pot. 
2. Meanwhile, in a wok, heat up the oil then fry garlic & ginger together until fragrant. 
3. Add in the meat, fry a little while then add in tomatoes. Fry the tomatoes untill slightly soft. Add in seafood , celery & mushrooms. Fry until well mixed. 
4. Pour the cooked ingredients into the chicken stock, bring to boil & season with fish sauce, salt & pepper to taste. 
5. Serve hot in a bowl. 

Bon appétit !! 

Chin's notes:
1. Add in additional veggetables if you like, eg bok choy, shanghai green or any veggetables which are suitable for soup.
2. Use chicken stock broth if preferred. 
3. A picture of the ingredients used. 
4. Fried ingredients. With nice orangy colour from the tomatoes. 



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