Chinese Eggs Recipes - Crab and Ginger Soufflé Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 eggs whites

• 75ml/5 tbsp peanut oil

• 2 slices ginger root, minced

• 1 spring onion, minced

• 100g/4oz crab meat, flaked

• 15ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 60ml/4 tbsp chicken stock

• 5ml/1 tsp sesame oil

• 15ml/1 tbsp corn-flour

• 120ml/1/2 cup milk

• salt

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Method:

1. Heat half the oil and stir-fry the ginger and onion until softened.

2. Stir in the crab meat and salt, remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly.

3. Mix the wine or sherry, milk, stock and corn-flour then stir this into the crab meat mixture.

4. Whisk the egg whites until stiff then fold them into the crab meat mixture.

5. Heat the oil to smoking point, add the mixture and stir well then lower the heat and continue to cook, stirring gently, until the mixture is just firm.