130. Bêche-de-mer Gourmet

Name: Bêche-de-mer Gourmet (花菇海参)
Yield: Serves 2 to 3 persons
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ lb. dried bêche-de-mer; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2½ oz. (¾ cup) dried Chinese mushrooms; ½ oz. (½ cup) dried black tree fungus; 3 oz. (1 cup) dried prawns (shrimps); 1 tablespoon sesame oil; Sugar; 6 small (white) onions; 3 slices ginger; 2½ pints (6 cups) half chicken or beef consommé and half water; 2½ pints (6 cups) half chicken or beef consommé and half water; 2½ pints (6 cups) half chicken or beef consommé and half water; 3 oz. (1 cup) dried prawns (shrimps)

花菇海参

Preparation info

Serves
2 to 3
persons

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Chinese Gastronomy

By Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin

Published 1957

About

Ingredients

Stock

3 oz. (1 cup) dried prawns (shrimps)
1 tablespoon

Asia
China
Main course

Method

Prepare the stock: Place the prawns in a 2-pint (4-cup) heatproof measuring cup together with sesame oil and 2 level teaspoons sugar. Fill the cup to the 24 fluid oz. (3-cup) mark with boiling water, and let it stand for 10 minutes. Drain the prawns well, discarding the liquid. This treatment removes the fishy and salty taste of the dried prawns. Place the rinsed prawns in a pot and simmer them