[ Prep Time: 20 min | Cooking Time: 30 min | Serving: 4 ]
Eggs and beancurd sweet soup is one of the traditional Chinese dessert made with beancurd sheets, pearl barley and ginkgo nuts.
Ingredients
115 g Bean Curd Sheets
146 g Rock Sugar
60 g Ginkgo Nuts
3 Eggs
15 g Pearl Barley
2 L Water
Method
1. Soak bean curd sheets (115 g) in water for at least 15 min, rinse and set aside.
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2. Soak pearl barley (15 g) in water for at least 30 min, rinse and set aside.
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3. Remove the shell, membrane and stem of ginkgo nuts (60 g).
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4. Prepare hard-boiled eggs (2 pcs).
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5. In a pot of boiling water (2 L), add ginkgo nuts and pearl barley, simmer over high heat for 10 min.
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6. Add bean curd sheets, simmer over high heat for 5 min then low heat for 10 min.
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7. Add the hard-boiled egg (2 pcs) and rock sugar (146 g), simmer over medium heat until the rock sugar has completely dissolved.
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8. Turn off the heat. Add beaten egg(1 pc) to make the egg drop.
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Note
It is important to remove the stem and membrane of fresh ginkgo nuts.