Chinese Cabbage Soup with Ginger

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 128.5
  • Total Fat: 2.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 9.0 mg
  • Sodium: 1,738.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 21.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
  • Protein: 4.4 g

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Introduction

This is a vegetarian version. Can also be made with lean pork loin (shredded) for meat eaters. This is a vegetarian version. Can also be made with lean pork loin (shredded) for meat eaters.
Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    8 - 10 cups of vegetable broth
    1 onion, peeled, cut in half then sliced thinly
    1 Tbsp of vegetable oil (like safflower or canola - NOT olive oil)
    1 large red bell pepper, seeded and stemmed, cut in half and then sliced thinly
    2 tbsp soy sauce
    1 tbsp Chinese Chili Garlic sauce
    5 slices of ginger (1" diameter, 1/8" thick)
    1 or 2 cloves of garlic - leave whole
    1 tbsp of Chinese Chili Garlic Sauce

    Optional:
    1 cup dry mung bean (cellophane) noodles (this will double the carb grams and calories per serving but adds a lot to the enjoyment)
    Optional:
    4 oz pork tenderloin (shredded/cut very finely)

Tips

This is great to eat when you have a cold.
Without mung beans - 55 calories, 9 carbs per serv
With mung beans - 104 calories , 20 carbs per serving
With pork and NO noodles - 80 calories, 9 carbs
With both noodles and pork, 127 calories, 20 carbs


Directions

in a deep stock pot:
Saute the onion in the oil 2 or 3 minutes on low flame until onion becomes slightly transparent (do not brown)
Add the broth, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and chili sauce. Simmer for 15 minutes.
Add the bell pepper and the cabbage, simmer for 10 more minutes.
If you are adding the mung bean noodles soften them in warm water in a separate bowl for 5 minutes before adding to the broth. The noodles should be added at the same time as the bell pepper and the cabbage.
If you are adding the shredded pork this is also added at the same time as the bell pepper and cabbage.
You are not supposed to eat the ginger or the garlic - it is just to flavor the broth. Remove the ginger and the garlic before serving (or just pick out of servings as you serve up)

Serving Size: 1- (1.5 cup servings)

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KINDCOOK.