100. Happy Family

Name: Happy Family (全家福)
Yield: Serves 2 to 3 persons
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 oz. (½ cup) uncooked chicken, very finely chopped; 6 Fish Balls, poached; 2 oz. (½ cup) Blanched Kidneys; 3 oz. (½ cup) cauliflower, blanched; Generous 1½ pints (4 cups) Cream Stock; ¼ oz. fish maw, softened and cut into ½-inch chunks; 6 Pearly Meat Balls, uncooked; 4 oz. whole prawns (shrimps), sautéed; 2 oz. dried bêche-de-mer, softened and cut into ½-inch chunks; 4 oz. (1 cup) mustard greens; blanched; 4 oz. whole prawns (shrimps), sautéed; ¾ pint (2 cups) meat stock

全家福

Preparation info

Serves
2 to 3
persons

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Chinese Gastronomy

By Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin

Published 1957

About

Ingredients

Generous 1½ pints (4 cups) Cream Stock
¼ oz

Asia
China
Main course

Method

Prepare the first eight ingredients, keeping them separate. Prepare the bêche-de-mer as directed and simmer the chunks in meat stock for about 2 hours, until very tender. Drain the chunks and reserve them. Prepare whole prawns and drain them well.

Heat the Cream Stock gently, and place the bêche-de-mer, fish maw and Pearly Meat Balls in it. Simmer them for 15 to 20 minutes. Add the praw