Craig Claiborne

Chinese Fire Pot

Preparation info

  • 8

    Servings.
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
A Feast Made for Laughter
A Feast Made for Laughter

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1982

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Ingredients

  • 1 small head Chinese cabbage (bok choy)
  • 2 ounces bean thread (sometimes called Chinese vermicelli or cellophane noodles)
  • Shrimp balls

Method

  1. Trim off and discard the root end of the Chinese cabbage. Cut the leaves into 3-inch pieces. Drop into boiling water to cover and cook about 8 minutes. Remove the pieces but reserve the liquid for cooking bean thread. Set cabbage aside.
  2. Drop the bean thread into the boili