Soup Recipes > Fish and Vegetable Soup

How to make fish and vegetable soup:
An Oriental one-pot dish.



Ingredients

2 large white fish fillets (halibut, sole etc) carefully boned
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
seasoning to taste
1 small leek, washed and trimmed
2 - 4 crab sticks, defrosted if frozen
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
1 large carrot, washed, peeled and cut into julienne strips
8 canned water chestnuts, thinly sliced
5 cups fish or vegetable bouillon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 large courgette/zucchini cut into julienne strips
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Remove any skin from the fish and cut into cubes, about 1in.
- Combine the ground ginger and a pinch of salt and use to rub into the pieces of fish.
- Leave to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, divide the green and white parts of the leek.
- Cut each part into 1 in lengths and then into julienne strips down the length of each piece, keeping the two parts separate.
- Slice the crab sticks into half pieces.
- Heat the oil in the wok, stirring it around so it is really hot.
- Add the white part of the leek and stir-fry for a couple of minutes.
- Add the carrots and water chestnuts and continue to cook for 1 - 2 minutes, stirring thoroughly.
- Add the bouillon and bring to the boil.
- Add the lemon juice and soy sauce and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add the fish and continue to cook for about 5 minutes until the fish begins to break up a little.
- Add the green part of the leek and zucchini and simmer for about 1 minute.
- Add the sliced crab sticks, and season to taste.
- Simmer for a further minute or so and serve piping hot.





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