Chinese Pork Noodle Soup

Name: Chinese Pork Noodle Soup
Yield: Makes 8 Servings
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: ½ pound pork loin or 2½-inch-thick pork chops; ½ pound pork loin or 2½-inch-thick pork chops; 1 tablespoon dry sherry or Chinese rice wine (Shaoxing wine); 1 tablespoon dry sherry or Chinese rice wine (Shaoxing wine); 1 tablespoon dry sherry or Chinese rice wine (Shaoxing wine); 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 4 teaspoons dark soy sauce; ½ teaspoon dark sesame oil; freshly ground pepper; 3 ounces Chinese preserved vegetable, preferably leafy mustard greens; 3 ounces Chinese preserved vegetable, preferably leafy mustard greens; 4 quarts water; 1 quart chicken or pork broth; 1 quart chicken or pork broth; 1-½ pounds fresh Chinese egg noodles or fettuccine; 1-½ pounds fresh Chinese egg noodles or fettuccine; 2 scallions, both white and green parts, finely sliced

Preparation info

Makes
8
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Splendid Soups

By James Peterson

Published 2000

About

This flavorful soup is easy to prepare and doesn’t contain so many exotic ingredients that you’ll have to spend half the day shopping. The only unusual ingredient is the preserved vegetable, which gives the soup an exciting flavor; if you can’t get it, the soup is still worth making.

Ingredients

½ pound pork loin or 2½-inch-thick pork chops
1 tablespoon

Asia
China
Preserve
Soup

Method

In Advance

Remove the bones and any large sections of fat from the pork loin or chops. Slice the meat into ¼-inch strips about 1 inch long. Combine the pork strips with the sherry, cornstarch, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Add 3 grinds of pepper. Work the mixture with your fingers to eliminate any lumps of cornstarch. Pinch hard on the pork strips to flatten t