THE CHINESE COOK BOOK
179
DRY FLAT FISH SOUP
尤
YOUT魚
YUE湯
TONG
- 1 pound dry flat fish
- ½ teaspoonful alkaline solution
- 12 cups primary soup
(a) Cover the dry flat fish with cold water. Add the alkaline solution. (Get this from a Chinese grocery store.) Soak for 15 minutes. Wash thoroughly, take out the bones.
(b) Cook the fish in plain water for 3 hours. Change the water several times while cooking. Then cook for 15 minutes in the primary soup.
Serve with the soup. Put into it a few drops of sesamum-seed oil.
