Chinese Style Vegetable Soup


Recipe summary
A delightful and flavorful Chinese style vegetable soup, easy to make and rich in fresh ingredients.
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 pieces of garlic, finely chopped
- Small piece of Ginger, finely chopped
- 3 sticks of green onions, whites and greens separated
- 1 carrot, diced
- 40 g of fresh shitake mushrooms, sliced
- Gyon (Chinese broccoli), leaves removed and roughly chopped
- 4 Spears of baby corn, chopped
- 200 g of silken tofu, cut into medium-sized chunks
- 1 tablespoon of avocado oil
- 2 teaspoons Umami powder (optional)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 liter (4 cups) of water
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 3 tablespoons potato starch
Method
- 1
Finely chop garlic and ginger.
- 2
Chop green onions keeping the whites and greens separate.
- 3
Dice the carrot.
- 4
Slice the shitake mushrooms.
- 5
Chop the gyon stalks into bite-sized pieces.
- 6
Chop baby corn into bite-sized pieces.
- 7
Slice the silken tofu into medium-sized chunks.
- 8
In a sauté pan over medium heat, add avocado oil, garlic, ginger, and the white parts of the green onions. Sauté for 4 to 5 minutes.
- 9
Add Umami powder, salt, and white pepper, stir to combine.
- 10
Add carrots, gyon stalks, and shitake mushrooms, and pour in 1 liter of water. Stir and bring to a boil.
- 11
Add baby corn and gyon leaves to the soup and stir.
- 12
Mix soy sauce and toasted sesame oil into the soup.
- 13
Make a slurry by combining potato starch with 1 cup of water, pour half into the soup while stirring.
- 14
Allow the soup to come to a boil again, then pour in the remaining slurry while stirring.
- 15
Add silken tofu to the soup, turn off the heat, and stir.
- 16
Serve the soup garnished with fresh green onions and a sprinkle of white pepper.






