Cantonese seafood soup

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Cantonese seafood soup
Soup

Place of origin:
China
Region or state:
Guangdong
Main ingredient(s):
seafood
Recipes at Wikibooks:
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Cantonese seafood soup

Cantonese seafood soup

Chinese

海皇羹

Literal meaning

sea emperor thick soup

Transcriptions
Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	hai3 huang2 lang2
Cantonese
Jyutping	hoi2 wong4 gang1

Cantonese seafood soup is one of the main seafood soup within Cantonese cuisine. It is commonly found in Hong Kong, and is also available in Chinatowns in other nations. The soup is usually considered midrange to high-end in price depending on the ingredients.

Description

The soup is generally thick with a very smooth texture. It is usually whitish in color and a little transparent. While the English name is "soup", it is regarded as "gung" (羹) in the Chinese cuisine.

Variety

Plain Cantonese seafood soup (海皇羹)
Hundred flower Cantonese seafood soup (百花 . 海皇羹)
Bamboo fungus Cantonese seafood soup (竹笙. 海皇羹)
Crab meat Cantonese seafood soup (蟹肉 . 海皇羹)

v t e Cantonese cuisine

Main dishes	Bao yu Bird's nest soup Buddha's delight Cantonese seafood soup Chinese steamed eggs Congee Crispy fried chicken Dragon tiger phoenix Hot pot Seafood birdsnest Shark fin soup Snake bite chicken Soy sauce chicken Subgum Sweet and sour pork White boiled shrimp White cut chicken Wonton noodle Yeung Chow fried rice

Dim sum / Yum cha	Almond jelly Beef tripe Cha siu baau Chicken feet Coconut bar Har gow Jau gok Jiaozi Jin deui Lo mai gai Nian gao Nuomici Ox-tongue pastry Rice noodle roll Shaomai Spring roll Steamed meatball Swiss Wing Taro cake Taro dumpling Tendon (meal) Tofu skin roll Turnip cake Water chestnut cake You tiao Zhaliang

Siu laap	Char siu Chinese sausage Lou mei Orange cuttlefish Roast goose Siu mei Siu yuk White cut chicken

Desserts / Pastry	Almond biscuit Biscuit roll Deuk Deuk Tong Douhua Ginger milk curd Mooncake Red bean soup Sausage bun Tong sui White sugar sponge cake

Condiments / Spices	Fermented bean curd Five-spice powder XO sauce

Ingredients	Beef ball Black bean paste Chenpi Fermented black beans Fish ball Fish slice Frog legs Garland chrysanthemum Kai-lan Mantis shrimp Pig's ear (food) Prawn ball Rapeseed Saang mein Sea cucumber (food) Shahe fen Shrimp roe noodles Spare ribs Suan cai Tofu skin Wonton Yi mein Zha cai

Others	Chinese herb tea Dried shredded squid

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Cantonese seafood soup

Description

Variety

See also