Diced Chicken and Green Pea Soup

Name: Diced Chicken and Green Pea Soup (靑豆鶏丁湯)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 cup cooked chicken, turkey, duck, or meat, in ¼-inch cubes; 1 cup cooked chicken, turkey, duck, or meat, in ¼-inch cubes; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 2 teaspoons cold stock; 2 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 2 teaspoons cold stock; 1 cup cooked chicken, turkey, duck, or meat, in ¼-inch cubes; 1 cup cooked chicken, turkey, duck, or meat, in ¼-inch cubes; ½ cup frozen or fresh green peas; ½ cup frozen or fresh green peas; Black pepper, vinegar, or chilipepper oil, optional for hotness; Black pepper, vinegar, or chilipepper oil, optional for hotness; Salt or light soy sauce to taste; Salt or light soy sauce to taste; 2 teaspoons light soy sauce; 3 cups chicken or meat stock; 3 cups chicken or meat stock; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; Black pepper, vinegar, or chilipepper oil, optional for hotness

靑豆鶏丁湯

Preparation info

Makes about
4½ cups
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

This recipe illustrates the convenience aspect of mixed soups—one can put leftover ingredients to good use. When odds and ends of boiled or roasted chicken, turkey, duck, pork, or beef are diced and combined with a few simple ingredients, they create a delicious and easy-to-make soup.

This soup has a wonderful contrast between the soft meat and the crisp peas, which should pop as you bite into them. The beaten egg and cornstarch mixtures make the soup creamy and therefore suitable f

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China
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