FOOCHOW MEAT SOUP or huat nuke thoon

I never like to eat meat
especially those pieces in the soup

The Foochow people 
found a special way to cook their meat
to make it tender and nice

發肉湯
Huat Nuke Thoong in Foochow dialect

comes from

thoon = soup

nuke = meat

huat = tender

When combined:

is a soup dish with

pieces of glossy & tender meat with vegetables

Glossy because the meat pieces 

are covered with a layer of starch which make it so tender and nice

My grandmother from Sitiawan

likes to cook this dish herself because according to her it needs skill

(the secret is: she rubbed the starch into the marinated meat before cooking)

Look at this juicy, shinny piece of meat

which I have lifted up for you to see

My grandmother, a Foochow from China

liked to cook this soup with chinese cabbage (long type)

but I prefer choy sim

it depends on your liking

To prepare this soup, you will need:

vegetable of your choice

lean meat, cut into thin slices, marinate with pepper & salt

soup base (either chicken, pork or even ikan bilis)

tapioca flour or corn flour

1) rub flour into the marinated meat, make sure it really goes into the meat 

2) heat up soup base & cook the vegetables

    (if using chinese cabbage, you will need to cook the veg. until soft)

3) bring the soup to a rolling boil

4) put the meat pieces, one by one into the boiling soup

5) when the meat floats, it is cooked. So you can safely turn off the heat

6) serve hot