Name: Shredded Pork Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 ounces fresh mushrooms, trimmed and cut into thin slices; 1 teaspoon vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; ½ tablespoon water; 4 stalks cilantro leaves (branches of leaves only); 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 2 teaspoons thin soy sauce; ¼-½ teaspoon salt, or to taste; ¼-½ teaspoon salt; 4 ounces trimmed lean pork, cut into rectangular slices about ½ x 1½ inches and ⅛ inch thick; 4½-5 cups unseasoned chicken stock; 1½ tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine or medium-dry sherry

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Homestyle Chinese Cooking

By Yan-Kit So

Published 1997

About

The fresh mushrooms add a sweetness to the chicken-based stock, while the cilantro leaves lend an overall fragrance to the soup. Even so, to make the soup truly delicious, the pork slices must be tender and not overcooked. An even simpler way to make this soup is to use shredded ham. Obviously, with ham there is no need to marinate the meat. If you want to make a more substantial soup, you could add a handful