章 284: Mesmerizing Sour Spicy Soup

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CatatoPatch

Firstly, those who read this before I added in the Translator's Thought should know that I changed the name of the soup. There were some errors during the mass release so I apologize.

Sour Spicy Soup:

A reddish-orange soup that is creamy like a cream soup but isn't actually made using cream or milk. Instead, as often seen in other Chinese dishes, a starch slurry is used to thicken the soup and give it a shiny gloss at the end. A slurry is a mixture of the starch, often potato, and water mixed together to form a white sticky liquid.

In all likelihood, the addition of mashed up potatoes was to substitute the use of starch in this recipe.

As a reference, here's a sample real life recipe:

Juliened(cut into strips) vegetables

Juliened bamboo shoots

Black Ear Fungus

Chicken Egg

Pork Meat

Spring Onions

Soy sauce

Vegetable Oil

Sesame Oil

White Pepper

Black Vinegar

Stock

Seasoning (MSG or chicken granules)

Starch

Pepper Oil

The vegetables are blanched and removed. The pepper is fried very quickly before being removed and adding in stock. Vegetables are then added with the seasoning and soy sauce. Once the soup starts boiling, add in the starch slurry and drop in a mixed egg. Vinegar, pepper oil and sesame oil is added right before serving.

The end result is a nutritionally balanced soup that is not only good for you but also satisfying. Each scoop is like drinking a smooth, glossy cream that tingles the tastebuds with its sour taste, before hitting you with a spicy punch that leaves you craving for more. Thanks to the vegetables and meats inside, your tongue will be treated to a variety of textures from the crunchiness of the bamboo shoots, the crisp chewiness of the fungus and the melt-in-your-mouth tenderness of the minced pork meat.