Chinese Soup Recipes

Chiness recipes and foods from china are great in taste and are fun to cook.
I send you a wide collection of some delicious and authentic soup recipes from around the world with special taste concentration from chinese,pakistanis,indians,middle asians cuisine.Learn how to make popular soups at home.

Manchurian Sauce:  
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp corn flour-blended with 1/2 cup water
2 Tbsp vinegar
2 tsp salt
2 tsp soya sauce
1/2 cup tomato puree
2 Tbsp chopped celery or 1/4 tsp celery salt
1/4 tsp ajino moto, optional
2 cups water
Method:
Mix all the ingredients, bring to a boil and simmer for 1/2 a minute.

Schezwan Sauce:
Ingredients
1/4 cup sesame oil
3-4 whole red peppers
3/4 onions-chopped fine
1 Tbsp garlic
1 Tbsp ginger
1/2 tsp chilli powder
2 Tbsp corn flour mixed in a cup of water
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 tsp soya sauce
1 tsp chilli sauce
1 tsp salt
Method
Grind together the onions, garlic and ginger.
Heat the oil in a wok add the whole red peppers and saute over high heat till they darken a bit.
Add the onions, garlic and ginger and stir-fry over high heat till glossy.
Add the corn flour mixture and bring to a boil.
Lower the heat and add the chilli powder, vinegar, soya sauce, chilli sauce and salt and mix well.
Cook till well blended (1/2 minute) and use.

Hot and Sour Soup:
Ingredients:
5 gm carrot
5 gm cabbage

5 gm black mushrooms
5 gm button mushrooms
5 gm bamboo shoots
5 gm bean sprouts
5 gm fresh beans
10 gm chicken
1 tsp soya sauce
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp white pepper
1 tsp corn flour

1 egg
1 Tbsp coriander
1 tsp chili oil
2 cups stock
2 tsp vinegar

Salt to taste
Method:
Cut all vegetables and chicken in julienne style.
Take a wok and add the stock and add all vegetables along with chicken and cook.

Later add pepper, soy, salt, coriander, chili oil and vinegar.
Add corn flour for thickness and lastly the egg.

Cantonese Chicken Soup

Ingredients

5 pieces bok choy or any green vegetable.

1 whole chicken (boiled)

 3-4 spring onions 

5 large spoons of chicken stock 

10 mushrooms

Method

De-skin the chicken and cut it into 10 -12 big pieces.

Now, slice the mushrooms into equal halves. 

Layer the chicken pieces, bok choy and the mushrooms in a container. 

Add the chicken stock to this. 

Put this in an oven to cook for an hour and the soup is ready.

Vegetable Manchow Soup:

Ingredients
4 cups water
1 tsp ginger - finely chopped
1 tsp garlic - finely chopped
1 tsp green chilies - finely chopped
1 Tbsp coriander leaves - finely chopped
2 Tbsp French beans - finely chopped
2 Tbsp carrots - finely chopped
2 Tbsp cabbage - finely chopped
2 Tbsp capsicum - finely chopped
2 Tbsp mushrooms - finely chopped
2 spring onions - finely chopped
1 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp Soya sauce
4 Tbsp cornflour - mixed with
1 cup water

2 stems of spring onion
3 Tbsp oil salt as required
Method
In a pan, add some oil and stir fry the ginger, garlic, coriander leaves and green chilies for about two minutes.
Add all the vegetables, pepper, ajinomoto, salt and continue to stir-fry for two more minutes.
Add the Soya sauce, water and salt.
Let it boil, reduce the heat and add the cornflour mixed with water and stir constantly till it thickens slightly.
Remove from heat and serve immediately.
Garnish with spring onion stems.

Lemon and Coriander Soup:

Ingredients

4 cup stock 

2 Tbsp onions - finely chopped 

2 Tbsp lemon juice or to taste 

2 tsp chilli sauce or to taste 

1 tsp salt or to taste 

1 tsp black pepper - powdered 

1 cup hara dhania

Method

Bring stock to a boil. 

Add onions, lemon juice, salt, half of the coriander leaves and black pepper. 

Bring to a boil and simmer for a minute. 

Place the rest of the dhania leaves in the soup bowls, pour soup over and serve.

For Stock: Use vegetable stock. You can add onions, carrots, garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, celery and peppercorns. You need to boil all these in water for about 15-20 minutes. Pour the stock through a sieve and it for the soup. You could also use a vegetable stock cube available in leading food stores and super markets.