Chicken, Pea & Tomato Soup

Name: Chicken, Pea & Tomato Soup
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2 large tomatoes; 5 ml/1 tsp cornflour/cornstarch; 1 egg white; 1 skinless chicken breast; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup green peas; 1 chicken stock/bouillon cube; 30 ml/2 tbsp sesame oil; 45 ml/3 tbsp Shaoxing wine or dry sherry; 30 ml/2 tbsp light soy sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

This soup, also known as Three Pearls Soup, is a typical offering from Shandong province that is usually served during the cold winter months — Shandong winters can plunge to a shivering -15°C/5°F!

Ingredients

1 skinless chicken breast
2.5 ml/½ tsp salt
5

Asia
China
Shandong
Winter
Soup

Method

Mince or grind the chicken and mix it with the salt and cornflour. Whisk the egg white until slightly frothy, then add the ground chicken mixture and combine well.
Plunge the tomatoes into boiling water for 30 seconds, then refresh in cold water. Peel away the skins, remove the seeds and chop the flesh into small dice.
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