West Lake Beef Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

225 g filet of beef, sliced across the grain into pieces
4 cups stock (broth)
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons cornflour, dissolved in water
1 teaspoon cornflour
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon rice wine
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 dash black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped scallion

Preparation

Marinate beef with corn flour, sugar, rice wine and soy sauce for 15 minutes.
Bring the stock to boil.
Add in the beef.
Add in cornstarch solution when stock starts to boil again.
Slowly add in the beaten egg whites while gently stirring the soup.
Sprinkle a dash of black pepper and the chopped scallion to the soup.
Remove the soup for serving.