Have enjoyed this a handful of times over the years at Kings Co. Imperial in NYC. I have my issues with that establishment but I think this soup may be their best offering. Think Hot & Sour soup with a ton of cabbage, minced pork and bite-sized pieces of dumpling dough. Really not terribly involved but came out really nice.
The recipe can be found online. My previous post was deleted when I included the URL. Google ‘chop your head off soup’ and should be 1st result.
The name is pretty eye catching. The recipe details this but… the origin of the name comes from when you slice pieces of dough off the larger piece. A chef would traditionally hold the ball of dough up near his head and use a cleaver to chop off pieces of dough into the broth.
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Never liked these kinds of names. “Marry me chicken”, etc. Kinds makes the dishes less appetizing to me
This looks good especially with winter around the corner
Looks incredible! I wonder if I could sub anything in to make it vegetarian…
Why would i do that
The third paragraph reminds me of toshomen. It’s similar to ramen but with fatter, fresher noodles and literally translates to “knife slice noodles” as the chef slices of noodles from the dough directly into the broth fresh before serving. It’s among my favourite niche noodle dishes of the far east.
That does look pretty tasty.
Oooh this looks really good
This looks outstanding! 😍
There can only be one.
That has got to be the ultimate soup. It looks so delicious 😋
I love making loaded hot and sour soup with stuff I’ve got in the fridge. One thing that *really* makes a difference is white pepper.
What’s your beef with kings Co imperial?
first one that comes up on google is chef josh grinkers recipe, is that right?
Please! Enough with these silly, click bait recipe names.
I guess you need to make a fresh broth for this or can you start with a western chicken broth?
this looks so good!!! i love soup season!
My favorite soup in the city, and they make some killer soup dumplings as well!
Looks great. I’ve got a place near me makes the greatest small, spicy Schezwan dumplings that I put in their hot an sour soup, but this looks much better. Recipe?
Recipe or it didn’t happen !
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Chop your head off soup. Better than sex cake. 3 hole cake.
Food names have me so immunized to utterly stupid names that I honestly wouldn’t bat an eye if someone offered me Sloppy-Toppy Blowbang Fuckerpillarpie.
So worth the scroll to the end!
Edit: There can be only one.