Vegetable Soup (su Tsai Tang)

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Title: VEGETABLE SOUP (SU TSAI TANG)
Categories: Chinese, Soups
Yield: 1 servings

1 Tomato (about 8-oz.)
6 c Chicken stock
3 c Shredded cabbage
1/2 c Julienne carrot
1 c Thinly slice onion
1 c Julienne celery
3 tb Oil
1 tb Salt
1/4 ts White pepper
1/4 ts MSG (optional)
1 ts Sesame oil
1/2 ts Tabasco (optional)

Blanch tomato for half a minute and slip off skin.
Remove seeds and cut into small pieces.

In boiling chicken stock add cabbage, carrot, onion
and celery and bring to boil again. Reduce heat and
cook until tender.

Saute' tomato in 3 tablespoons oil. Add to soup with
salt, pepper and MSG (if used). Cook for another 3 to
4 minutes and add sesame oil and Tabasco (if used).

Shared by Cate Vanicek

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