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Cantonese seafood soup
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Type Soup
Place of origin China
Region or state Guangdong
Main ingredients seafood
Cantonese seafood soup
Chinese 海皇羹
Literal meaning sea emperor thick soup
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin hǎi huáng gēng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping hoi2 wong4 gang1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ hái-hông-kinn

Cantonese seafood soup is one of the main seafood soups 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, due to the use of starch as a thickening agent. It is usually whitish in color and a little transparent. The name of the dish describes it as a "gung" () rather than the standard Chinese term for soup (tang, 汤); this reflects its southern Chinese origin.

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)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Sopa de pescado cantonesa para niños

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