short-neck clams & green onion ginger soup

Short-Neck Clams & Green Onion Ginger Soup
Ingredients

ingredients:

  • 4 ounces short-neck clams
  • 3 ounces long green onion
  • or leek
  • 1 teaspoon grated ginger
  • 1 2/3 cups Chinese soup stock or chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • a little salt
Step 1

step 1:

Soak the short-neck clams in salted water (1 tablespoon / cup concentration) in a bowl, and let stand for 3 hours to allow them to expel sand and dirt. Drain them in a colander. Rinse them for about 30 seconds under running hot water.

Step 2

step 2:

Slice the green onion (or leek) diagonally into 2 in. pieces.

Step 3

step 3:

Put the soup stock or chicken broth, short-neck clams and green onion in a pan and boil on medium heat. After the shells open, skim off the surface scum.

Step 4

step 4:

Add the soy sauce, ginger and salt. Mix a couple of times. Remove from the heat.

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comment:

The combination of the short-neck clams and ginger is good and makes this soup delicious. Also, the long green onion suits short-neck clams well. Please try this dish.