Cloud Slice Silver Ear Soup
Silver ear 15g, egg white 50g, chicken breast meat 100g, lard 75g, cooked ham 100g, clear soup 1500g, pea shoot leaves 30 pieces, salt, monosodium glutamate, green onion, ginger water as needed. Pound chicken breast meat with the back of a knife into paste, remove tendons, place in bowl, add green onion and ginger water, stir well and strain through sieve. Add salt, pepper powder, cooking wine, and monosodium glutamate to the strained chicken paste, stir until elastic, then mix in lard, egg white foam, and a small amount of wet starch, stir evenly. Grease a small iron mold shaped like chrysanthemum, place 4–5 pieces of rehydrated silver ear inside, use a spoon to scoop the prepared chicken paste into round balls, place on top of silver ear so that the base sticks firmly to the paste, then arrange pea shoot leaves and thin slices of ham on top to form floral patterns. Place on a square dish, steam for 4–5 minutes, then transfer to small soup bowl. Heat a stainless steel pot over fire, bring clear soup to boil, season with refined salt and monosodium glutamate, pour over the soup bowl. Function: Nourish blood and kidneys, nourish yin and moisten lungs. Suitable for poor appetite, physical weakness. This dish, due to its beautiful presentation, can be used as a high-end banquet tonic.<sup>tonic formula</sup>