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.