Soup Chinese Recipes - My Chinese Food For Sunday Lunch

Sunday should be a rest day after one week hard work. So my Chinese food for sunday lunch is this simple yet delicious and healthy recipe: "Chinese Rice Cake In Soup". It is a low fat low carb recipe, ideal for people who are on diet but still want to enjoy tasty food. This soup recipe will fill and warm you up in any winter days. The weather is getting colder and colder everyday, and all the soups are very welcome in my house, Butternut Squash Recipe Soup is another one of the most loved.

The Healthiest And Easiest Chinese Rice Cake In Soup:

Nutritional Information
Calories:           190
protein:            15g
Carbohydrate:   8g
Sugars:            2g
Fat:                 12g
Saturates:        4g

Serves 4-6

The Ingredients You Need:

1. 600g / 1lb 8oz Chinese rice cake, soak in the water for 24 hours
2. 400g / 1lb pak choy, washed and chopped
3. 2 inch root ginger, finely chopped
4. 1 tbsp olive oil
5. 200g / 10oz prok steak, trim away the fat and cut into thin strips.
6. 1 tbsp cornflour(cornstarch)
7. 1 tsp chicken powder
8. salt
9. 1 tsp Chinese rice wine
10. 1.5 pints or more water

1. Mix together the cornflour, salt, Chinese rice wine and 1/2 tsp chicken powder. Toss the pork steak strips in the mixture until evenly coated.

2. Heat the oil in a wok, add the grated ginger and stir fry the pork strips briskly over a high heat for 5 minutes or until it browned all over.

3. Add the pak choy into the wok, mix it well and stir fry with the pork strips till soften.

4. Pour the water into the wok, bring to the boil. Add the Chinese rice cake and continue cooking until boil again, then wait for further 1 minute.

5. Season the rest of the chicken powder and some salt for taste. Serving immediately.

Cook's Tip:
If you use frozen pok steak, trim it when it's only half defrosted. At that time it's very easy to get rid of the fat and cut the strips evenly.