Soup - Sea Cucumber Broth

Ingredient 600g presoaked sea cucumber 113g lean pork 4 dried black mushrooms 75g bamboo shoot 1 egg 3 cups stock 1 slice ginger 1 tbsp diced spring onion

Seasoning

• Ingredients for simmering

• 2 slices ginger

• 2 sprigs spring onion

• 1 tbsp wine

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 tbsp light soy sauce

• 1 tbsp caltrop starch

• 2 tsps vinegar

• 3 tbsps water

• sesame oil as desired

• Pepper as desired

1. Cut and wash sea cucumber. Blanch in boiling water with simmering ingredients. Parboil for 10 minutes. Drain and dice.

2. Mince pork. Beat egg. Soak, trim mushrooms and dice with bamboo shoot.

3. Stir fry ginger with 1 tbsp oil and discard. Add stock. Bring to the boil. Put in mushrooms, bamboo shoot and sea cucumber. Parboil for 5 minutes. Then add pork and sauce. Stir in egg. Sprinkle with spring onion. Serve.