Basic Soup with Pork (Quick Cooking)

Ingredients: 1/4 Pounds Lean Pork Tablespoon Soy Sauce Teaspoon Sugar 1/2 Teaspoons Salt (up To) Scallion Stalks Cups Stock (see Recipe) Makes:

Directions:

1. Slice pork thin. Combine soy sauce, sugar and salt. Add to pork and toss. Let stand half an hour, turning meat occasionally. 2. Meanwhile bring stock to a boil. Cut scallion stalks in 2-inch sections, then add. Simmer, covered, 3 to 4 minutes. 3. Add pork and simmer, covered, 5 minutes more. Skim surface to clear. VARIATIONS: For the scallions, substitute 6 tablespoons pickled vegetables, shredded and drained. Simmer, covered, 2 minutes. Then pick up step 3, adding a few drops of sesame oil at the very end. After step 3, add any of the following vegetables and simmer until done: 2 Cucumbers, peeled or unpeeled, sliced thin 12 radishes, unpeeled and sliced thin (simmer uncovered) 1 large bamboo shoot and 8 water chestnuts, both sliced thin 1 Cup fresh green peas; and 1/2 pound spinach, cut in 2-inch sections (simmer uncovered ) 3 dried black mushrooms (soaked), cut in strips; and 1/4 pound beansprouts From , ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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