Sunday, April 11, 2010

蟹肉粉丝豆腐汤(Crab meat tofu soup)

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有没有很像鱼翅汤啊??? 吃起来味道也很像哦....Shark fin soup???

This is the soup I like to make whenever I am craving for shark fin soup. Tom actually like it better than the real shark fin soup because of the cruelty how we treat the sharks just to get the fins. I added silken tofu just to enhance the smoothness texture, you can omit it if you want to make it more real like shark fin soup.

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其实鱼翅吃起来真的没有什么味道, 为了减少那么一点罪恶感, 我还是用粉丝来代替好啦. TOM还蛮喜欢的. 你不妨一试? 我加了嫩豆腐是因为我喜欢滑顺的口感, 如果你想让它更像鱼翅汤, 你可不必加豆腐.


1. Chicken stock - 500~600ml
2. Dried scallop - 1 (optional)
3. Bean thread (粉丝) - 20g- pre-soaked and cut to about 3~4 inches strips.
4. Frozen crab meat - 300g (I like it more!!!) - thawed
5. Silken tofu (嫩豆腐) - 120g - cut to 1/3" cubes
7. Salt to taste
8. Corn starch water for thickening
9. Some Shao Xing wine
10. Black vinegar / Balsamic Vinegar


Steps :

1. Boil the chicken stock with dried scallop, add in bean thread, cook over low heat for 10~15 minutes.
2. Add in crab meat, cook for another 5 minutes.
3. Slowly stir in tofu cubes, bring to boil again.
4. Salt to taste, thicken the soup with corn starch.
5. Add some Shao Xing wine (1~2 tsp).
6. Serve hot with some black or balsamic vinegar

7 comments:

  1. yes it does remind me alot like shark fin soup when I first saw it. I love the idea of tofu in it. Sure very yummy! with a hint of vinegar... mmmm..~

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  2. 真的很像鱼翅耶! 我们很少买鱼翅,有时一年才吃一次.像你这样做法最好,又可以吃得到(哈哈)又不会有罪恶感.

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  3. wendy, yours looks richer and better than the restaurant version, although without shark's fin. nowadays, the restaurant version is either too watery or too starchy and not much ingredients inside. i have never made this before and should learn to. i also like it with A LOT of crab meat inside ;)

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  4. Traci, it taste good with apple vinegar too.

    Anncoo & Potato : 这就是平民鱼翅汤嘛...

    Nyonya...some restaurant not even give you the real crab meat, they use imitation crab meat instead. One of the reasons i make this soup myself is I can add the crab meat as many as I want :-p

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  5. Hello Wendy, love this dish of yours. Outstanding! Looks really delicious. I even can get the lovely smell here, ha ha.
    Can see you have a Black Belt in cooking.
    Have a nice day and keep a song in your heart, Lee.

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  6. Hello Uncle Lee, thank you for drop by and your kind words!

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