FAKE SHARK'S FIN SOUP

By That Bloody Botak

 FAKE SHARK'S FIN SOUP


Want shark's fin soup but don't want to indisciminately kill sharks? This is as close as u can get! Not that difficult to make too. Just takes a little more time than usual. The fish maw takes about one and a half hours to become soft and after that, everything's a breeze! This is how it's done.


Ingredients 

A couple of pieces of dried fish maw 

Some peeled crab meat 

A tube of egg toufu 

2 tablespoons vegetarian oyster sauce

1 tablespoon rice wine 

2 teaspoons sesame oil

2 tablespoons chicken stock 

2 tablespoons potato starch 

1 egg, lightly beaten 

Some white pepper 

Corriander leaves 


Method 

Put two big bowls of water in a pot and boil the fish maw till soft. This will take close to 2hrs

When that's done, remove and cut the fish maw into small pieces. Keep the water, as it will be used for the soup

Put it back into the pot of water and add the vegetarian oyster sauce, sesame seed oil, rice wine and chicken stock 

Cut the narrow tip off the egg toufu packing and squeeze the contents into the pot 

Next, add the crab meat and bring the pot to a boil. Now's the time to do a taste test and add whatever u feel is short. It should be a tad saltier than normal as after u add the potato starch and egg it would all balance out just fine 

Add some water to the potato starch to make it into a slurry and pout it into the pot 

When the soup has thicken slightly, turn off the heat and pour in the egg while stirring continuously 

Spoon it into a serving bowl, sprinkle some white pepper and garnish with corriander leaves



I used vegetarian oyster sauce because it tastes of mushrooms. I don't have any dried mushrooms at home, so this makes a good substitute. The rice wine cuts down the fishy taste of the fish maw a little, which is a good thing as I didn't want the taste to overpower the soup. Seems like peeled crab meat is easily available at the supermarket these days, so it's a lot easier than peeling crabs for this 

Time for me to enjoy my soup! Try it! I'm sure you'll enjoy every drop of it!

Enjoy, everyone, and stay safe!








These recipes are good for those who want to cook for one or two without going all out but still wanting to enjoy good food. Simple to prepare and tasty food every time!

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