West Lake Beef Soup

Overview

How to cook West Lake Beef Soup at home

Tags

• soup
• old man
• dinner with friends
• lunch
• beef
• chicken essence
• cooking wine
• coriander
• egg white
• light soy sauce
• mushrooms
• silky tofu
• starch
• ginger slices
• pepper
• salt
• sesame oil

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Soak the beef in clean water for 2 hours, changing the water several times to remove blood.

   

2. 2 Remove and drain, chop into minced meat, add light soy sauce, cooking wine, pepper, a little starch, mix well and marinate for 20 minutes.

   

3. 3 Cut the tofu into small cubes and soak in hot water for 10 minutes (add some salt to the water). Cut the mushrooms into cubes, chop the coriander, and beat the egg whites.

   

4. 4 Pour water into the pot, add ginger slices, and 1 tablespoon of cooking wine. After the water boils, add minced beef, blanch until the color turns white, remove and set aside. This step is to further remove the fishy smell and blood.

   

5. 5 Take another pot and pour water (it’s better to have stock), add mushrooms and tofu and cook for about 3 minutes.

   

6. 6 Pour in the blanched minced beef and continue cooking for about 1 minute.

   

7. 7 Pour in water starch to thicken the gravy.

   

8. 8 When the soup in the pot boils again, pour in the egg whites in a circular motion. Add salt, pepper, chicken essence and a few drops of sesame oil.

   

9. 9 Turn off the heat and sprinkle with chopped coriander.