Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

Name: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Abalone and dried scallops; Rehydrated sea cucumber and fish maw; Chicken thighs and pork trotter or ribs; Dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked; Quail eggs and chestnuts; Shaoxing wine; Ginger and spring onions

佛跳墙/faw tyow chyahng/

Also known as: Fo Tiao Qiang, Fotiaoqiang, Buddha's Temptation Soup

About this dish

A luxurious slow-cooked soup of abalone, sea cucumber, scallops, fish maw, chicken and mushrooms in a rich, clear broth.

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Ingredients

🐚Abalone and dried scallops

🥒Rehydrated sea cucumber and fish maw

🍗Chicken thighs and pork trotter or ribs

🍄Dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked

🌰Quail eggs and chestnuts

🍶Shaoxing wine

🫚Ginger and spring onions

Method

Serves 2

Soak and prepare the dried seafood and mushrooms, often a day ahead.

Blanch the chicken and pork, then fry with ginger and spring onions.

Layer all the ingredients in a clay jar or deep pot.

Pour over stock and Shaoxing wine, seal the top and steam or simmer very gently for 4–6 hours.

Serve the broth and ingredients in small bowls.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Fotiaoqiang is the most famous banquet dish of Fuzhou in Fujian; its name says the aroma would tempt even a monk over the temple wall.

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