Hot and sour fish soup

Port Clyde Fresh Catch

Hot and Sour Pollock Soup

Author: Eat Local Fish Portland Maine

Recipe type: Appetiser

Cuisine: Maine

Prep time:  30 mins

Cook time:  30 mins

Total time:  1 hour

 

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 bunch scallions; whites cut into ¼ inch pieces, greens cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 tablespoon minced peeled ginger
• 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• Kosher salt and ground black pepper
• 4 ounces shitake mushrooms, stemmed, and sliced ¼ cup cornstarch
• 2 plum tomatoes, cored, cut into large chunks
• 12 ounces firm white fish (pollock) cut into 1 inch pieces
• 6 ounces bay scallops
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

Instructions

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the scallion whites and cook until slightly tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the ginger and cook about 1 minute. Add 7 cups water, the soy sauce, sugar, salt to taste, ¾ teaspoon pepper and the mushrooms. Cover and bring the broth to a simmer. Mix the cornstarch with ¼ cup cold water and gradually stir into the broth. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring; the broth will thicken slightly.
2. Add the scallion greens, tomatoes and white fish to the broth, and simmer until the fish is opaque, about 3 minutes. Add the scallops, vinegar, and salt and pepper to ta(the scallops will cook instantly from the heat of the soup). ladle into bowls.