Shazam! Chinese Soup

Name: Shazam! Chinese Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 cups water or 6 cups chicken stock; 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon powder (reduce to 1/2 tsp if you use stock); 1 carrot, grated; 2 cups cabbage, thinly sliced; 1/2 onion, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon fresh ginger or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried ginger; 1 garlic clove, diced; 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil (or more to taste); 1/2 teaspoon white pepper (or more to taste)

Submitted by Pot Scrubber

"I was cleaning out the fridge today and had a few vegetables I didn't just want to toss so I made this soup. I really surprised myself with this one and I am posting it while it is fresh in my mind. Really good and simple."

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photo by K9 Owned

Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 4

ingredients

6 cups water or 6 cups chicken stock
2 tablespoons chicken bouillon powder (reduce to 1/2 tsp if you use stock)
1 carrot, grated
2 cups cabbage, thinly sliced
¹⁄₂ onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh ginger or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried ginger
1 garlic clove, diced
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons sesame oil (or more to taste)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon white pepper (or more to taste)

directions

Put water and boullion in a pot and turn heat on high.
Grate a carrot directly into pot.
Finely slice cabbage leaving the strips long and toss into the pot.
Finely dice onion and toss into pot.
Cut bark off of a 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger. Smash ginger with something heavy like a mallot or with the bottom of a heavy glass measuring cup to pulvarize and chop.
Toss into the pot.
Toss Garlic clove into the pot.
After soup comes to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until veggies are soft.
Add sesame oil and white pepper and stir.

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Reviews

It was 'clean out the fridge' day so I thought this would be the perfect recipe. It was! Very tasty soup as written but so customizable. I add a couple of mushrooms and a couple of handfuls of bean sprouts to the mix. I also put in a few Pot Stickers to make it more hearty. Very good soup!

K9 Owned
This is a quick, easy and tasty soup. VERY low-cal, too! I added some sliced mushrooms that I had to use up and a bit of 5-spice powder. The broth was so flavorful. Thanx for this one PotScrubber! I'll make this again.

*Parsley*
I didn't have any cabbage but made it anyway. I used ground ginger and green onion. It was delsih!!! I will make again! Maybe next time with the cabbage. Perfect when you want a flavorful broth soup that is low cal. Mushroom would be a nice addition
Angie M.
Such a warming up kind and feel good kind of soup. I love the zing the ginger and sesame oil gives, and it uses up the vegetables I have in the fridge.

Studentchef
A delicious and easy base soup. You can add a bunch of different vegetables and some protein. Great flavour

Deantini