Hinterberger's hot peanuts envy soup

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Pork; diced or slivered
2 tablespoons Oil
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
3 tablespoons Onion; chopped
6 Mushrooms; sliced
4½ cup Water
½ Dried ancho pepper; seeded and deveined
1 Clove garlic; minced
1½ cup Chicken broth
1 tablespoon Rice vinegar
5 teaspoons Miso paste; preferably red
(available at Asian specialty shops)
½ cup Dry-roasted peanuts
1 Dash cayenne pepper
⅓ cup Cucumber; peeled, seeded, diced
2 Green onions; chopped
1 cup Vegetables (diced green beans, yellow squash, zucchini) in any combination
1 Egg; beaten
2 ounces Brandy

Directions

In a 3-quart saucepan, fry pork in oil over medium-high heat. Remove with slotted spoon. Dredge in soy sauce, then in cornstarch, and set aside.

Using the same saucepan, saute onion over low heat for 15 minutes. Add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes more.

In a separate saucepan bring I cup of water to a boil and add ancho pepper; simmer 15 minutes and set aside. Stir pork and garlic into onion-mushroom mixture, then add chicken broth, water, rice vinegar, and miso paste, stirring vigorously to dissolve the paste. Add peanuts and cayenne.

In a blender or food processor blend ancho pepper and its liquid thoroughly; add to soup along with vegetables. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Swizzle egg into soup, stir in brandy, and serve immediately.

Serves 4 Source: The Seattle Classic Cookbook, The Junior League of Seattle (1983) Adapted for Mastercook software by Brenda Adams <adamsfmle@...> posted mc-recipe 10/12/96

Recipe By : Seattle Times columnist: John Hinterberger Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #243 Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 20:08:56 -0400 From: ADAMSFMLE@...

NOTES : Created by Seattle Times columnist John Hinterberger.

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