Name: Sizzling Go Ba Soup (鍋巴湯)
Yield: Serves 6 as a first course.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ cup sliced bamboo shoots; 6 to 8 dried black Chinese mushrooms (presoaked); ½ cup frozen green peas, defrosted, or fresh peas; 10 to 12 rice patties, or go ba; Sprinkling black pepper; 1 teaspoon dry sherry; ¼ pound loin of pork; 2 teaspoons light soy sauce; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ pound medium shrimp; 3 tablespoons oil; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 1 tablespoon dry sherry; 4 cups chicken stock; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1½ tablespoons light soy sauce; 1½ tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 3 tablespoons water; 1 large whole scallion, cut into 4 pieces

Preparation info

Serves
6
as a first course.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

When hot liquid is poured over freshly fried go ba, or rice patties, it makes a wonderful sizzling sound. This richly embellished soup is one of the best created in Chinese cuisine. Thickened with dissolved cornstarch, the soup softens but doesn’t soak through the crisp rice patties. A great eating treat.