Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Seaweed soup

Either hubby read my mind or I read his, I decided to make seaweed soup today. So off I went to get the necessary ingredients. Seaweed, get the sandless type - cost a little more but so worth it. Dried shrimp - get the larger ones, they are sweeter and adds a nice crunch to the soup. Tofu - get the soft kind. A package of preserved mustard greens - spicy and thin sliced.

This is probably one of the easiest soup to make. Just boil up a pot of water and add the ingredients in - start with the dried shrimp (wash or soak it a little first), followed by the preserved mustard greens (this is optional but I like that it adds flavor), then the tofu (I prefer the silk one but the soft one is ok too. Rinse with cold water then cut into 1" cubes) and finally the seaweed (a package comes with about 4 round pieces - you can use as much as you like).

You can use ground pork instead of or in addition to the dried shrimp for flavor. Another option is to use bouillion.

Simple and delicious - if you or your loved one like seaweed, give it a try.

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