mock bird's nest soup
I first tried authentic Bird's Nest Soup in a little local Chinese restaurant near Honolulu. It was love at first taste, even though I was bit put off when I found out it actually was made with a real bird's nest. This is a great mock version. This is usually served as a first course to a Chinese dinner.
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prep time
15 Min
cook time
4 Hr 30 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
8
Ingredients
- 1 package chinese long rice
- 4 cups home made chicken stock made with bones from chicken, pork and or ham as what you have available.
- 1/2 cup chopped chinese parsley
- - chopped ham
- - chopped chicken
- dash shoyu (soy sauce)
How To Make mock bird's nest soup
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Step 1Make stock with whatever you have available chicken bones, pork bones, and a ham bone. You want the bones to have some meat left for garnish later. Add lightly salted water to cover the bones, and simmer until all meat is falling off the bones, and the stock has good flavor from the bones. The object is to get 3-4 cups of nice, reduced broth.
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Step 2If you don't have enough broth, add canned chicken broth to get to the 3-4 cup measure. And I recommend having 4 cups for the soup.
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Step 3While stock is cooking, Soak the Chinese long rice in warm water for 1 hour.
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Step 4Chop the Chinese long rice very fine and add to the stock; simmer until it thickens, about 1/2 hour.
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Step 5Garnish the soup with some chicken and or ham bits with chopped Chinese parsley; Add a splash of Shoyu (Soy Sauce) to taste.
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Culture:
Asian
Category:
Other Appetizers
Category:
Other Soups
Keyword:
#chinese
Keyword:
#chicken
Keyword:
#asian
Keyword:
#long rice
Keyword:
#Chinese long rice
Ingredient:
Chicken
Diet:
Dairy Free
Method:
Stove Top
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