Best 3 Mandarin Soup Peiping Tang Soup Recipes

AUTHENTIC CHINESE HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• Place the shiitake and wood ear mushrooms in a glass bowl and pour boiling water over them. Soak for 20 minutes. Reserve 1 cup of the mushroom liquid, discard the rest. Squeeze the liquid from the mushrooms. Slice the shiitakes and chop the wood ear mushrooms.
• While the mushrooms are soaking, quickly rinse the dried day lilies and soak them in hot water for 20 minutes. Discard the liquid, squeezing any excess from the lilies, cut the hard tips off the bottoms, slice the lilies lengthwise and chop into 1 inch lengths.
• While the mushrooms and day lilies are soaking, place the pork in a small bowl and combine it with the ginger and teaspoon soy sauce. Set aside while you're preparing the other ingredients.
• Bring the chicken broth and the reserved cup of mushroom liquid to a boil in a stock pot. Add the soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, chile oil, hot sauce (adding more according to desired level of heat), and pepper.
• Add the pork, stirring to prevent the pork from sticking together, the bamboo shoots, and mushrooms. Simmer for 2 minutes.
• Add the day lilies and the cornstarch mixture. Return to a boil and simmer for another minute until slightly thickened. Add the tofu and simmer for another minute.
• Pour the egg mixture in a steady stream into the simmering soup, remove from heat, and let sit for 20 seconds to let set in fine strands. Stir gently.
• Add the sesame oil and green onions.

MANDARIN SOUP

Steps:

• Snap the stems off the mushrooms. Reserve the caps.
• Put the stems in a pot with the garlic, chicken, water, and leek, and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Strain the stock, discard the vegetables, and set the chicken aside.
• Put the stock back in the pot. It will have been reduced by about one-third, do not add water.
• Take the chicken off the bones and cube it, add it to the pot.
• Add the ginger, soy sauce, scallions, snow peas, bean sprouts, pepper, and sherry to the soup.
• Slice the mushroom caps and put them inches.
• Puree the mandarin oranges and add them to the pot.
• Bring the soup to a gentle simmer. Cook for 10 minutes, check the seasonings add more pepper add soy sauce if needed.

MANDARIN SOUP (PEIPING T'ANG SOUP)

Steps:

• Trim the pork of all fat; cut into match stick like pieces.
• Heat oil; saute pork for 5 minutes.
• Add carrots; add celery; add mushrooms; cook for 2 minutes.
• Stir in chicken stock and spinach.
• Bring to a boil; stir briskly; add beaten egg slowly.
• Mix cornstarch into water; add to soup; stir until thick.