Shark’s Fin with Shredded Chicken

Name: Shark’s Fin with Shredded Chicken (San ssu yü ch’ih keng)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1-¼ pound short shark’s fin (soaked); 1 cup bamboo shoots (cooked and shredded); 2 tablespoons Chinese ham (shredded); 1 cup cooked chicken meat (shredded); ⅓ cup dried black mushroom (soaked and shredded); 2 tablespoons wine; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 green onions; 4 slices ginger; 9 cups soup stock (chicken); 9 cups soup stock (chicken); 2 teaspoons salt; ½ teaspoon sugar; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; 4 tablespoons lard or cooking oil; 6 tablespoons cornstarch (make paste); 6 tablespoons cornstarch (make paste); 4 tablespoons lard or cooking oil; 6 tablespoons cold water

San ssu yü ch’ih keng

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1-¼ pound short shark’s fin (soaked)
1 cup cooked chicken meat (shredded)
⅓

Asia
Taiwan
Fukien
Kwangtung
Dinner

Method

To improve the flavor of the shark’s fin place it in a pan, add 3 cups cold water, 1 piece green onion, 2 slices ginger, 2 tablespoons wine and cook for 10 minutes over low heat drain and discard this water.
Add 3 cups soup stock to the same pan, cook another 10 minutes over low heat. Remove the shark’s fin and discard this soup stock.
Heat 3 tablespo