Hu La Tang (Hot Pepper Soup)
Breakfast with a burning tongue! Draught soup with lots of pepper and meaty umami
Description
The absolute king of breakfast in Henan and Xi'an's Muslim Quarter. A beef (or mutton) broth aggressively spiced with massive 'black pepper', chilies, and medicinal herbs. It is thickened with starch until it forms a viscous, jelly-like sludge. Warms you violently from the core.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Beef
- Beef bone broth
- Massive black (or white) pepper
- Sichuan pepper
- Potato starch
- Dried tofu skin
- Wood ears
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- (Base Broth) Boil beef (or mutton) bones and meat with scallion and ginger for hours to extract a premium broth.
- (Ingredients) Dice the boiled beef. Prepare rehydrated wood ears, daylily, julienned dried tofu, boiled peanuts, and glass noodles.
- (Spices: This is Life) Dump massive amounts of 'black (or white) pepper' powder, Sichuan pepper, star anise, cinnamon, and black cardamom into the broth.
- Season with soy and salt, add all ingredients.
- [Thickening Magic]: Pour in a massive amount of 'Mian Jin Shui' (wheat starch water leftover from washing dough) or potato starch slurry.
- Stir continuously on high heat until the entire soup becomes 'viscous and slime-like' (paste).
- Plate and drizzle with chili oil (Hong You) and black vinegar.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Violent sting of massive black pepper、Star anise and medicinal spices
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Add massive black pepper and starch to instant Hot & Sour soup)
Pairing
Rou Jia Mo (Chinese Burger) / You Tiao(Fried dough)
Trivia
[Trivia] 'Hu' means pepper. The most violently stimulating breakfast soup in China. The version served in Xi'an's Muslim Quarter is a Halal beef/mutton adaptation, boasting an even more intense medicinal spice punch.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Do not stir; sip gradually from the edge. The blistering heat and pepper spice will make you sweat profusely even on a sub-zero winter morning. Dunking 'You Tiao' (fried dough) into this viscous paste is the supreme style.
Allergen
Beef, Soybeans, Wheat, Peanuts