West Lake Beef Soup

Overview

This is a must-eat dish in Hangzhou. I don’t know if it is authentic or not. According to what I learned online, delicious food is king!

Chop the beef into pieces, add salt, soy sauce and cooking wine and mix well. Marinate for ten minutes and then add a little water starch and mix well. The Shanghai Green I used only took the leaves and chopped them
Cut shiitake mushrooms into strips and ginger into strips
Beat the egg whites only
Fatty tofu cut into cubes
Boil the water, add ginger and mushrooms, use chopsticks to pull the beef apart and put it into the pot to cook. When there is foam, skim it off with a spoon
Add green cabbage leaves, tofu, salt, pepper, sesame oil
Pour in the egg white liquid, add chicken essence, water starch to thicken the soup and serve