DownTown Gourmet ABQ Albuquerque

Potato & Pork Soup
serves 4
ingredients
1 litre/1 3/4pt chicken stock
2 large potatoes, diced
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
25g/1oz cornflour
100g/4oz pork fillet, sliced
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 carrot, cut into matchsticks
1 teaspoon chopped fresh root ginger
3 spring onions, thinly sliced 1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
225g/8oz canned bamboo shoots, drained
• Put the chicken stock, potatoes [...]

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