Oriental Broth
Ingredients
- 1 liter vegetable or chicken broth
- 5 - 6 slices of peeled fresh ginger
- 1 hot chili pepper
- 1 clove garlic
- half a bunch of parsley
- 1 kaffir lime leaf
- 1 stalk of fresh lemongrass or 1 tablespoon dried lemongrass
- 2 tablespoons each of soy sauce, fish sauce and sesame oil
- bunch of fresh cilantro
Preparation
- Bring the broth or water to a boil together with the ginger, chili pepper, garlic, parsley, kaffir lime leaf, broken lemongrass or dried grass. Cook covered for about 15 minutes.
- At the end season with soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce, freshly ground pepper, if necessary salt. Remove from heat, strain through a sieve.
- Heat the broth and pour hot into bowls, add 1 tablespoon of torn cilantro leaves to each. Serve with shrimp wontons.
Tips
Serve the soup with dumplings with shrimp filling (prepared as in THIS recipe).