I went to Wong Kei's last night and had this soup amongst other things - it 
was delicious as ever - so I thought can't be that difficult to make - but 
what is the secret Wong Kei ingredient that makes it so special - is it 
crushed szechuan pepper - there were lots of small red ground pepper sized 
bits floating about

Contents
clear broth
Sliced pork
preserved vegetable
white radish? at least I think it is
and .......

Does anyone have this recipe they could let me have?

Also what do they do to their salt & pepper pork chop to make it sooooooo 
nice - other than MSG? Did I pick up a hint of Worcester sauce in with alot 
of garlic in the marinade?




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William Lack

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> I went to Wong Kei's last night and had this soup amongst other things -
it
> was delicious as ever - so I thought can't be that difficult to make - but
> what is the secret Wong Kei ingredient that makes it so special - is it
> crushed szechuan pepper - there were lots of small red ground pepper sized
> bits floating about


Sounds like you had a version of Sichuan pickled veg & sliced pork soup.
Start with pork ribs/bones & bring these to a rapid boil, pour away the scum
that gathers on top, rinse the bones & start to boil again with cold water.
Onced boiling, simmer for a few hours then you have basic pork bone stock.
In a saucepan/deep sided wok, add stock & sliced pork & sichuan pickled
veg(rinsed out first it is very salty & spicy) & whatever you fancy
including Sichuan pepper/Hwa Jiao. I've never had it in Wong Kei's so i
don't know what they put in theirs. Bring the lot back to a boil & season.
That's it. Sichuan pickled veg can be quiet spicy.
http://www.chinesetakeaways.com/Ingredients/Sichuan%20Preserved%20Vegetable.htm


> Also what do they do to their salt & pepper pork chop to make it sooooooo
> nice - other than MSG? Did I pick up a hint of Worcester sauce in with
alot
> of garlic in the marinade?


again never had this in WK's but a variety of fruit sauces like HP, Lea &
Perrin, Worcester sauce etc. are often used in the various pork chop/pork
ribs recipes as a marinade. I've even seen one old lady use fruit
jams/conserves & honey mixed in with lots of other flavours to marinade
spare ribs. There is just so many ways to flavour pork chops/ribs.

DC.

in article dPqdndWt2LR216TeRVnyvg@pipex.net, DC. at not@home.com wrote on
27/09/2005 14:36:

> 

http://www.chinesetakeaways.com/Ingredients/Sichuan%20Preserved%20Vegetable.
ht> m

Hi DC,

I had a look at this site, but can't find a link to the directory of
ingredients on the home page. It would be good to have a bookmark of
something like this, any help?