Description
A beautiful, elegant high-end soup where spinach puree resembling 'Jade (Feicui)' is scattered in a thick soup packed with seafood like shrimp, crab meat, and white fish.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Spinach(for puree)
- Egg white
- Shrimp
- Crab meat
- Chicken broth
- Potato starch
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Making Jade (Feicui)] Boil spinach leaves, blend into a smooth green puree. Mix with egg white and a little potato starch.
- Drop this green liquid finely into low-temp oil (or hot water) to make small green granules (Jade), then remove.
- [Seafood Soup] Finely chop shrimp, crab meat, white fish, bamboo shoots, enoki.
- Boil premium chicken (or seafood) broth, add ingredients to cook.
- Season with salt, white pepper, a little wine; thicken with potato starch slurry.
- [Finish] Scatter the prepped green 'Jade' into the thickened hot soup. Done when the whole creates a beautiful emerald green and white contrast.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Seafood umami and White pepper
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Frozen seafood mix, Sea lettuce or Wakame (visual sub)
Pairing
Premium Taiwan Tea or Shaoxing wine
Trivia
[For Everyone] A high-end palate-cleansing soup served mid-course at Taiwanese weddings and traditional banquets (Banzuo). Visually stunning, the fluffy jade of spinach/egg white gently envelops the strong seafood umami in this artistic dish.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Scoop the soup with a spoon, elegantly savoring the fluffy mouthfeel of the green jewels (spinach) and the luxurious seafood umami sunken at the bottom!
Allergen
Shrimp, Crab, Egg, Wheat