Chinese Pork Dumpling Soup

Name: Chinese Pork Dumpling Soup
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tsp sesame oil; 4 spring onions, cut into thin batons; 1 garlic clove; 250 g/9 oz minced pork; 5 cm/2 in piece root ginger, peeled and roughly sliced; 1.21/40 fl oz/4¾ cups chicken stock; 1 tsp light soy sauce; 2 spring onions, finely chopped; 2 star anise; 2.5 cm/1 in piece root ginger, peeled and finely grated; 1 large handful coriander leaves, roughly chopped; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 200 g/7 oz Chinese leaf lettuce, finely sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mighty Spice Cookbook

By John Gregory-Smith

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

1.21/40 fl oz/4¾ cups chicken stock
2 star anise

Asia
China
Soup
Spicy

Method

To make the dumplings, put all the dumpling ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix well, using your hands to mash everything together. Make sure all the ingredients are evenly distributed to ensure maximum flavour. Cover and set aside for 30 minutes to let the flavours develop, or overnight in the refrigerator if time allows.
Meanwhile, pour the stock into