Rice soup with egg and greens
(from Elyce123’s recipe box)
Source: delicious. April 2005
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 35 minutes
Serves 2 people
Categories: April
Ingredients
- 4 spring onions
- 75g watercress, mustard leaf, rocket or mizuna
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2.5cm piece root ginger, finely grated
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 200g risotto rice
- 100ml rice wine or sherry
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar (any wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar will do)
- 1 litre fresh vegetable stock, hot
- 2 free-range eggs
- pinch of dried chilli flakes, optional
Directions
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Finely slice the spring onions, keeping the white and green parts apart. Combine the green bits with the salad leaves in a bowl and set aside.
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Heat the oil gently in a saucepan. When hot, add the onion whites, ginger and garlic and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the rice, stir, then add the wine or sherry and bubble for a minute or so. Add the soy, vinegar and stock and simmer, stirring occasionally, for at least 30 minutes.
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The rice should be almost falling apart to make a thick soup-like dish. Keep it thick or add more stock, seasoning as needed.
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Poach the eggs, then place 1 in each soup with a pinch of dried chilli. Before serving, stir in the leaves so that they wilt…just.