King Of Soups

[maomao]

Fresh wonton soup's probably my biggest vice. Making those wontons isn't a bit of a pain, but they're so satisfying in a big bowl of pork stock-soup, filled with loads of bok choi and extra greens. No wussy lightweight soup this one - add some noodles and it's a great, healthy weekday meal...

I'll be making Chinese dumpling (wonton) soup tommorrow night You can buy the dumpling skins ready rolled in Chinatown and do your own filling.

 

[tarannau]

I'll be making Chinese dumpling (wonton) soup tommorrow night You can buy the dumpling skins ready rolled in Chinatown and do your own filling.

Do you mean the packets of wonton skins? I'd love to think they're ready rolled into glorious 3D shapes, with just a little gap for filling them, but the reality (for me at least) is that I'm presented with a flat pack of pastry squares from the local Asian supermarket. A little bit of incompetent style twisting and I've managed to seal them into vaguely-satisfactory parcels that hold together the cooking process.

Easy enough to do, but hard to master I get the feeling. I do find that the thinner wonton leaves are better to work with though...

 

[Ms T]

My favourite soup is hot and sour -- either the Chinese variety or the Thai version with prawns.

 

[pennimania]

The wontons sound lovely

what fillings do you use?

 

[tarannau]

The wontons sound lovely

what fillings do you use?

The old chinese dim sum staple of minced pork and prawns most of the time, usually with a few chopped up water chestnuts for added crunch, some spring onions and a little bit of fresh chilli.

Once you've made your wonton envelopes then you just throw them in the boiling soup to cook for a few minutes and you're there.

 

[gaijingirl]

My favourite soup is hot and sour -- either the Chinese variety or the Thai version with prawns.

Our Chinese flatmate made this for my household on Sat as part of his Chinese New Year Banquet. I was pleasantly surprised... very nice!

 

[hovis]

tomato and bean

 

[guinnessdrinker]

charentaise soup: leek, potato and carrot with a bit of onions

 

[pengaleng]

chicken and sweetcorn chowder

 

[Mrs Magpie]

oooh yeah Teeps, that's a good 'un, haven't eaten that in years.....

 

[selamlar]

Broccoli and Stilton.
Or Smoked Haddock and Potato Chowder

Mmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[oi2002]

Wonderful thing a good soup. Well the Chinese wisely rate their cooks on their stocks and have many fine soups. Notably hot and sour wasn't on the poll.

Do like a good muligatawny though.

 

[Sorry.]

my mum makes a cracking chicken curry soup

 

[nellyphant]

Parsnip & Lemon (can add potato too)......grrrrrr!

 

[Jazzz]

I voted French Onion. As I don't eat meat weren't too many options.

But for recovering after a seratonin-depleting night out, I must recommend "Smoked Haddock Chowder" by New Covent Garden Soup Company. You only need heat it up and it is an exceptional restorative

 

[Major Tom]

Mulligatawny followed by cream of tomato