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Preparation Time: 60 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 6

Steamed Beef Balls in Long Soup

Ingredients

500g beef mince
2 egg whites
1 tbsp ice water
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tsp cornflour
2 tbsp coriander
2 spring onions
1/4 tsp ground white pepper
1/4 tsp five spice powder
4 cups beef stock
2 cups assorted chinese vegetables
375g thin egg noodles

Method

1. In batches, place mince in a food processor bowl. Pulse for 30 seconds or until the mixture is a fine paste. Mix in the egg whites, ice water, soy sauce, sesame oil, cornflour, onions, white pepper and five spice powder.
2. Roll balls of mixture with wet hands. Place mince balls in a steamer lined with grease proof paper and steam for 20 minutes.
3. To make the long soup, bring the stock to the boil, add the vegetables and cook for 2 minutes. Add noodles and beef balls and serve.

Result

An excellent soup. Very tasty. Just make sure that you serve immediately as the noodles will absorb the soup and you’ll end up with a stew if you leave it too long! (Still very nice even as a stew though!)

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 25 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 4

Curried Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup

Ingredients

175g can sweetcorn, drained
850ml stock (preferably chicken, but vegetable is ok)
350g chicken
16 baby corn cobs
1 tsp curry powder
1 cm fresh ginger, grated
3 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp chives or spring onion, chopped

Method

1. Blend the sweetcorn and 150ml stock in a food processor until smooth.
2. Pass through a strainer to remove any of the corn skin.
3. Pour the remaining stock into a pan with the chicken strips, the strained corn and the baby corn, and bring the pan to the boil. Boil for 10 minutes.
4. Add the curry powder, ginger and soy sauce and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
5. Stir in the chives and serve immediately.

Result

Very nice. I think I prefer the traditional chicken sweetcorn soup, but this is a nice variation.

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 4

Spicy Seafood Soup

Ingredients

200g Prawns
200g Shrimps
200g Kingklip fillets, skinned(or other white fish)
3 tbsp salt
2 lemon grass stalks
1.2 litres stock (fish or chicken)
1 fresh red chilli, seeded and chopped
1/4 tsp five spice powder
2 sping onions

Method

1. Peel the prawns, and skin the fish, remove the digestive cord from the prawns.
2. Crush the lemongrass stalks, and cut into short strips.
3. Bring the stock to a simmer in a large pot and add the lemongrass. Lower the heat to low and cook for 10 minutes.
4. Remove the lemongrass from the stock and discard. Add the chilli, salt and pepper, five spice powder, prawns, shrimp and fish to the stock.
5. Cover and cook on low for a further five minutes, then remove from the heat and stand for a further five minutes.
6. Stir in the chopped spring onions, and serve immediately.

Result

Very, very nice, give it a try… :-)

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 4

Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup

Ingredients

200g chicken breast
1 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites
3 cups chicken stock
1 cup creamed corn
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 teaspoons soy sauce
2 spring onions

Method

1. Place chicken in a food processor and blend until smooth adding salt.
2. Beat the egg whites and add to the mixture.
3. Bring the chicken stock to the boil and add the corn, add the cornflour/water mixture, and add stirring until the soup thickens.
4. Turn down the heat and add the chicken, breaking it up with a fork. Stir for 3 to 5 minutes until the chicken is cooked.
5. Add soy sauce to taste and serve with chopped spring onion to garnish.

Result

Quite nice! But watch how much soy you put in. I put in a little too much and it was quite salty.

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 2

Chilli Tomato Soup

Ingredients

500g Ripe or Canned Tomato, skinned
30g butter or margarine
1 onion, chopped
salt
pepper
2 birds eye chillies, or your chilli preference
1 strip of lemon rind
2 cups of chicken stock
1 bay leaf
sugar to taste
cream

Method

1. Melt the butter in a large pan, then add the onion and cook until soft.
2. Add the salt and pepper, the tomato, seeded and chopped chilli, lemon rind, stock and bay leaf.
3. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Add sugar, more salt and pepper to taste.
5. When the soup has cooled (not cold), place in a food processor and blend until reasonably smooth.
6. Reheat and serve with cream.
7. You can add coriander leaves as well for that extra oriental taste.

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 8

Long Soup

Ingredients

250g lean pork
spring onions
1/4 cabbage
1 tablespoon oil
6 cups chicken/fish/vegetable stock
1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
2 chicken stock cubes
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
salt
pepper
125g fine egg noodles

Method

1. Slice the spring onion, and pork and shred the cabbage finely.
2. Heat a little oil in a wok and add the pork and cabbage, fry quickly for a minute or two.
3. Add the stock, crumbled stock cubes, salt & pepper, soy sauce and ginger, bring to the boil and reduce heat.
4. Cook the noodles in boiling water and drain well.
5. To serve place a spoonful of noodles in a bowl and pour the hot soup over.

Result

For a bit of a change, add some small shrimp or prawns to the soup!

Preparation Time: 1 hour
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 6

Steamed Beefballs in Long Soup

Ingredients

500g lean beef mince
2 egg whites, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon iced water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 spring onions, chopped finely
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon five spice powder

Long Soup

4 cups beef stock
Assorted chinese vegetables, chopped finely)
375g thin egg noodles

Method

1. Blend the beef mixture to a paste.
2. Roll tablespoonfulls into balls with wet hands, half fill wok with water and bring to the boil. Place meat balls in the steamer and steam covered for 20 mins.
3. To make the soup, bring the stock to a boil, add the vegetables and cook for two minutes. Add the noodles and wait until they are soft, then add the beef balls. If you wanted you could also add prawns, barbecued pork or cooked chicken for an interesting combination.

Result

One of the better dishes that we have made. A great authentic chinese taste.