Aromatic broth with vegetable slivers
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 Stalk Lemon Grass
- 4 c Cubed Chicken Meat Chicken Or Fish Stock
- 1/2 c Sliced Cilantro Leaves
- 1 Serrano Or Jalapeno Chili
- 1/2 ts Grated Lime Zest Lime Juice To Taste
- 1 1/2 tb Salt Pepper To Taste
- 3 oz Snow Peas
- 1 md Carrot Peeled
- 4 md Radishes Green Part of 1 Scallion
- 2 tb Whole Cilantro Leaves
Instructions:
1. Cut lemon grass in 2-inch pieces; bruise lightly. Combine with stock cilantro stems chili and lime zest in sauce pan. Simmer covered 15 minutes (halfway through taste and remove hot pepper if desired or leave in longer for more heat). 2. Strain. (Solids can be re-used with more cilantro to flavor another batch of broth.) Add lime juice salt and pepper. 3. Cut snow peas in thin diagonal strips. With vegetable peeler shave 2 inch ribbons of carrot. Thinly slice radishes and scallion. 4. Bring soup to a boil: stir in snow peas and carrots and boil until just tender --about 1 1/2 minutes. Stir in radishes scallion and cilantro; bring to a boil. Serve at once.
