Soups

Most Chinese soups are made with a chicken broth (EXCEPT Pho Soup).

Generally, chicken base goes better with beef than beef base.


How Long Should I Leave my Soup Cook?

An important thing to know about soup is that you shouldn’t boil the crap out of it. Once you bring it up to a boil, you should lower it to a light simmer – a couple bubbles per second. Place a lid and it will boil a bit more but nothing too hyper.

Veges are done in 20 minutes (Maria’s grandmother would disagree with this bit, she’d say a couple hours is the way to go)
Fish should be no more then 20 or 30 minutes
Beef and Chicken take more like an hour
You can always take the meat off the bones and put the bones back in (that’s where the real flavors at) Beef bones can give off flavor for 2 – 5 hours depending on size.