Hot and Sour Pollock Soup
Recipe Type: Appetiser
Cuisine: Maine
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 bunch scallions; whites cut into 1/4 inch pieces, greens cut into 2 inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon minced peeled ginger
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Kosher salt and ground black pepper
- 4 ounces shitake mushrooms, stemmed, and sliced 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 plum tomatoes, cored, cut into large chunks
- 12 ounces firm white fish (pollock) cut into 1 inch pieces
- 6 ounces bay scallops
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the scallion whites and cook until slightly tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the ginger and cook about 1 minute. Add 7 cups water, the soy sauce, sugar, salt to taste, 3/4 teaspoon pepper and the mushrooms. Cover and bring the broth to a simmer. Mix the cornstarch with 1/4 cup cold water and gradually stir into the broth. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring; the broth will thicken slightly.
- Add the scallion greens, tomatoes and white fish to the broth, and simmer until the fish is opaque, about 3 minutes. Add the scallops, vinegar, and salt and pepper to ta(the scallops will cook instantly from the heat of the soup). ladle into bowls.
