Recipe: Braised Seafood Treasure Soup

Braised Seafood Treasure Soup is possibly my favourite Chinese-style soup to have at wedding banquets or CNY dinners.  Thick, rich and chock full of seafood ingredients, what's not to love. So, this year, I decided to try making this at home for my family since I had all the ingredients at hand.

For this soup, you can use a mix of dried seafood ingredients such as sea cucumber, fish maw, abalone skirt and dried scallop as well as crabmeat (I used frozen flower crab meat). This is a really easy soup to put together and it was delicious too! Just like the ones you get from the hotels or Chinese restaurants. 

 

This Braised Seafood Treasure soup tastes best with a touch of black vinegar.

You can buy the dried seafood ingredients here:

Fish maw: https://shope.ee/qKJu6nh35
Sea cucumber: https://shope.ee/6pbX2meCuC
Dried scallops: https://shope.ee/3V6yFDdaVs
White flower mushroom: https://shope.ee/8zgRVAsdyM
Abalone skirt: https://shope.ee/9KGqeAq1GU

Check out the recipe video on YouTube:

𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐩

Recipe by Baby Sumo

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Serves 5

Ingredients

20g dried scallop
15g dried abalone skirt
25g dried fish maw
100g sea cucumber
125g flower crab meat
50g Chinese mushroom
1l chicken stock

Seasoning
1T oyster sauce
1T light soy sauce *
2T Shaoxing wine
White pepper

Coriander, for garnish
Black vinegar, to serve

Cornstarch slurry
4T cornstarch mixed with 4T water


1. Soak dried ingredients such as dried scallop, mushrooms, abalone skirt, and fish maw for at least 1 hour.

2. Shred the dried scallop with your fingers. 

3. For the mushrooms, cut them into thin, long strips. Similarly, for the fish maw, thinly slice and chop them into small pieces.

4. Pour stock into pot, then bring to a boil over medium heat. Add dried scallops, mushroom, fish maw, abalone skirt, and sea cucumber and simmer for 15 mins. Then, add crab meat and simmer for further 5-10 mins. Add seasoning, then thicken soup with cornstarch slurry. Serve immediately with some coriander and black vinegar.

Note:
1. Depending on the chicken stock you are using, adjust light soy sauce to taste. *
2. You can check out this video on how to soak sea cucumbers. Alternatively, you can buy presoaked sea cucumbers in the frozen section of the supermarket.

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