Name: West Lake Beef Broth
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 100g Lean beef; 100g Enoki mushroom; 100g South Tofu; 1 piece Egg white; 500ml chicken soup; Some Water starch; Some salt; Some Sugar; Some pepper; Some parsley

West Lake Beef Broth

by Celery

4.8 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

20m

Serving

West Lake Beef Soup is a famous dish in the south of the Yangtze River that is loved by the people. It is delicious and cheap. It only uses beef, mushrooms and tofu. The portion is small, but it is rich in nutrition. It can be called a high-quality protein "concentration camp". The ingredients are thrown into the pot and boiled. It thickens and beats the egg flowers; it is delicious, rich in taste, smooth and appetizing...a bowl in spring and summer, it is definitely a good soup! "

West Lake Beef Broth

1. Chop the beef finely into grains, the finer the better;

2. Add a little water to dissolve;

3. Put water in the pot, add beef cubes after boiling, remove after boiling and set aside;

4. Wash enoki mushrooms in advance and soak them in cold water for more than 4 hours;

5. Wash and chop for later use;

6. Cut south tofu into small cubes for later use;

7. Beat the egg whites for later use;

8. Chop the coriander and set aside;

9. Add the soup to the pot;

10. After boiling, add diced tofu;

11. Add minced mushrooms and minced beef;

12. Boil again and add a little salt and sugar to taste (use salt carefully, the soup will taste salty)

13. Add freshly ground pepper to taste;

14. After boiling again, add a small amount of water starch several times to adjust the concentration you like;

15. Bring to the boil again, turn off the heat and beat in the egg whites, and stir in the same direction;

16. Finally, add a little coriander, and it's ok.

Tips:
1. Melt beef cubes with cold water before blanching, which can prevent the beef cubes from forming a ball in the blanching water;

2. Other mushrooms can be used. Straw mushrooms were supposed to be used, but I didn’t get them, but it’s not bad to use enoki mushrooms.

3. The egg whites should be beaten in after turning off the heat to bring out a faint flocculent shape and a smoother taste. Don't worry, the soup is hot enough to boil the egg whites.

4. I put a few medlars just for the color, not essential. However, it is not bad to eat more goji berries this season.