Chinese Recipes - Shark Fins Chicken Soup Recipe

Ingredients 

• 1 can of Sharks fins Chicken Soup.

• 5 or 6 breakfast cups of chicken stock or 1 1/2 to 2 pints of chicken stock. (This can be made out of chicken essence and water).

• 2 beaten eggs

• 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls of corn flour mix with 6 tablespoonfuls of cold water.

• 2 or 3 oz of crab-meat (Boil 1/2 lb of crabs for 20 minutes ­in boiling water. Flake crabs to obtain crab-meat!.

• 1 tablespoonful thin strips of ginger or chopped ginger

• 1/2 tablespoonfuls of cooking oil

• 1 packet Of chicken essence

• 1 teaspoonful of MSG.

• Salt and pepper to taste

Serves 6 to 8 people, if there 2 or 3 other dishes to eat with it.

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Method:

1. Mix corn flour with cold water (about 5 tablespoonfuls of cold water). This mixture is to thicken the gravy. Beat eggs for a while.

2. Heat frying pan or Rice Cooker with cooking oil or  vegetable oil Add chopped ginger or thin strips of ginger and fry for 2 minutes.

3. Put in crab-meat and fry for a while (about 4 to) 5 minutes.) Add the tin of sharks fins chicken soup into the frying pan or rice cooker.

4. Break 1 or 2 cubes of chicken essence. Add water and simmer for 5 minutes to 10 minutes.

5. When the chicken soup begins to boil. Add corn flour mixture gradually and stir well.

6. Put in beaten eggs slowly and stir slowly so as to prevent the corn flour from forming into a big lump of starch.

7. Add MSG, pepper and salt. Serve whilst hot with malt vinegar or brandy.