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Malaysian Recipe : Double Boiled Shark's Fin Soup

Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients:

• 200 g sharks fin, washed and drained
• 350 g chicken fillet, shred finely
• 120 g cooked ham (optional)
• 100 g abalone, drained
• 5 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked and shredded
• 1 litre chicken stock

Seasoning:

• 1 1/2 tsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper

Thickening:

• 1 tbsp cornflour mixed with ½ cup water

Directions:

1. Boil chicken stock in a saucepan, add in chicken and allow to simmer for 10 mins.
2. Add the mushrooms, ham and abalone. Transfer the soup into a casserole. Place the casserole into a larger saucepan with 1 liter of hot water. Cover and double boil for 1 hour on low heat.
3. Remove from heat, add seasoning and thickening, Place the casserole over a medium heat and cook till soup boils.
4. Pour soup into 6 individual bowls and serve with Chinese vinegar.

Shark finning is killing sharks every year at an alarming rate! It is estimated that 100 to 200 million sharks annually are killed for their fins alone. STOP eating shark's fin if you want the killing to stop.