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THE CHINESE COOK BOOK
23

DUCK SOUP


ARP

TONG

1 medium-sized duck without bones
1½ cups Chinese mushrooms
2 cups bamboo shoots
4 cups celery
2 teaspoonfuls oil
A few drops sesamum-seed oil
1 teaspoonful Chinese sauce
¼ teaspoonful cornstarch
Salt

(a) Chop all into dice.

(b) Heat the cooking pan for ½ minute. Then grease it thoroughly with oil.

(c) Add salt and all other ingredients except duck. Keep turning for about 5 minutes.

(d) Add primary soup and boil very slowly.

(e) Mix together well the duck (cut into dice), the oil, sesamum-seed oil, Chinese sauce, and cornstarch.

(f) When primary soup has boiled % hour, add the duck mixture. Boil slowly for another % hour.

For a garnish, use Chinese ham dice.