Friday, July 20, 2012

Fuchow Fish Maw Soup

This soup has quite a number of ingredients but preparation is not that difficult.  The soup tastes sourish sweet and not spicy at all even though chilli is added. 
Ingredients
50 - 100 gm fried fish maw - soaked until soft, cut into bite size pieces
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Ingredients for Meat and Prawn Balls
100 gm shelled prawns - finely chopped
100 gm meat or chicken fillet - finely chopped
  • marinate with some pepper, salt, sugar, sesame oil and cornflour.  Mix well and refrigerate while you prepare the other ingredients.
Ingredients for Soup Stock
1 tsp each of chopped garlic, shallots and ginger
1/2 tsp chilli boh/paste [optional]
1/2 tbsp oil
700 ml chicken stock or water
3 tbsp tomato sauce
2 tbsp chilli sauce
1/4 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt to taste [if using water]
1 tsp chicken stock granules
a dash of pepper
1-2 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp cornstarch + 1 tbsp water for thickening
  1. Heat oil in pot to saute chopped ingredients and chilli paste until aromatic.  Add in stock/water.  Bring it to a rolling boil. add in fish maw to cook.  
  2. Scoop prawn and meat ball mixture into balls with a wet metal spoon into boiling soup to cook for 1-2 minutes.  Add in all the seasoning and simmer for a few minutes.  Taste to adjust seasoning.
  3. Stir in thickening.  Once it comes to a quick boil, dish out and garnish wi
Note
After thickening the soup, you can stir in 1 beaten egg before serving.

3 comments:

  1. Very flavorful soup, I like. Now I know what to do with fish maw.

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  2. I always love Fuchow Fish Maw soup. I am a Hock Chiew. Are you one? Want to try Hock Chew Kongpian?

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  3. OIC, I'm Hokkien but I love to try food from all clans, only not enough time to prepare [too many things to try]. I like Fu Chow 'Ang Chow' dishes. Tried several before but didn't post the recipes. Must do soon cos' I have a bottle of homemade 'Ang Chow'. Can tell me more about this Hock Chiew Kongpian?

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