Chinese Recipes - Fish Ball Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 200g (7oz) white meat fish

• 1 egg white                                          

• dash of ginger juice

• 2 teaspoon salt

• 2 teaspoon cooking wine                 

• dash of monosodium glutamate

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch                  

• 5 tablespoons water     

• 5 cups (1000cc) soup stock

• 100 g (3.5 oz) tender green leaves

• dash of monosodium glutamate (MSG)

4 servings

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Method:

1. Remove skin from fish. Cut into small pieces and grind while gradually adding 5 tablespoons water.

2. Beat egg white slightly. Add to fish. Add 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp wine. Mix well. Form into balls and drop into boiling soup.

3. Remove scum from soup. Cut tender green into 2 cm (1 inch) pieces. Add to soup. Bring to boil. Add 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp wine and MSG and serve.