Bittman Basics

This Chinese Takeout Favorite Is Sublime When It’s Homemade

Chicken stock is your best bet

Mark Bittman
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2 min readApr 10, 2020

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Photo: Romulo Yanes

This is one soup where water really doesn’t cut it. If you don’t have chicken stock, use vegetable stock — or the very best store-bought stuff you can find as a last resort.

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Mark Bittman
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Has published 30 books, including How to Cook Everything and VB6: The Case for Part-Time Veganism. Newsletter at markbittman.com.