---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02 Title: FOUR DELIGHT SIZZLING RICE SOUP Categories: Main dish Yield: 4 servings 2 ts Each soy sauce, dry sherry -and cornstarch 1/3 lb Boneless lean pork, cut -in matchstick pieces 4 c Chicken broth 1 c Sliced fresh mushrooms 1/3 c Each sliced water chestnuts -frozen green peas (thawed) 2 Whole green onions, thinly -sliced -salt 1 ts Sesame oil 4 ea 2" squares sizzling rice -(recipe follows) -salad oil This soup makes a showy presentation. At the table you slide fried rice cakes into the soup to create a crackling, sizzling sound. Actually, you can add the rice cakes to almost any soup and give the soup a sizzling name. The trick is to be sure that both rice cakes and soup are piping hot. In a bowl, blend soy, sherry and cornstarch. Add prok and mix until well coated. Let stand for ten minutes. In a 2-quart pan, heat chicken broth to boiling. Add pork, stir several times, then reduce heat and simmer for five minutes. Add mushrooms, water chestnuts, and peas. Simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes. Add green onion, salt to taste and sesame oil. Keep soup hot while you fry sizzling rice cakes per recipe. Pour hot soup into a warm tureen and carry to the table. Bring hot fried rice cakes to the table in a bowl and immediately slide into the soup. -----