Clear Celestial Soup

Name: Clear Celestial Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2 pieces kombu seaweed, soaked and thinly sliced; 5 water chestnuts, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons soy sauce seasoning to taste; 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil; 25 g/1 oz ginger root, peeled and sliced; 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 3 spring onions/scallions, sliced; 3 spring onions/scallions, sliced; 2.25 litres/4 pints/10 cups vegetable stock

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

The New Vegetarian

By Colin Spencer

Published 1986

About

The Chinese are particularly good at making clear soups. They are usually strongly-flavoured stocks with a few well-manicured vegetables floating in them - more refreshing than sustaining. Serve this soup before a substantial main course, such as Hoppin’ John.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
25 g/1 oz ginger root, peeled and

Asia
China
Main course
Soup
Vegan

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the ginger and garlic for a moment, then add the spring onions/scallions. Cook for another minute before adding the vegetable stock which has been heated to simmering point. Add the rest of the ingredients. Cook for a moment more before serving.