Crystal Wax Gourd
In chinese food, Crystal Wax Gourd is a very famous vegetarian
Ingredients:
500 g (1.1ib) wax gourd
10 g (1/3 oz) chicken breast
6 g (1/5 oz) ham
3 g (1/10 oz) scallops
10 g (1/3 oz) mushrooms
10 g (1/3 oz) bamboo shoots
10 g (1/3 oz) carrots
10 g (2 tsp) cooking wine
2 g (1/3 tsp) salt
1 gram (1/4 tsp) chicken essence
1 gram (1/4 tsp) pepper powder
50 g (3 1/2 tbsp) cooking oil
50 g (2 1/2 tbsp) mixture of cornstarch and water
50 g (3 tbsp) water
Cooking methods:
1.Remove the seeds from the wax gourd and cut it into wide slices 5 cm (2 inches) long. Use a ready-made wooden mold for Chinese cooking to shape the slices into balls. Make them hollow like bowls.
2.Chop the chicken breast, ham, scallops, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and carrots.
3.Heat the oil to 110-135C (230-275F) and put the chopped ingredients in the wok to stir-fry for 3 to 5 minutes. Add the water, salt, MSG, cooking wine and pepper. User half of the mixture of cornstarch and water to thicken the soup. Put on a plate.
4.Put the stir-fried ingredients into the hollow parts of the wax gourd placed on a plate. Steam for 8 minutes. Remove the wax gourd and put into another plate and put the soup in the original plate into the pot to bring to boil. Thicken it with the leftover mixture of cornstarch and water and then sprinkle on the steamed gourd.
