Recipe
Garlic-flavored soup with cod and clam

Ingredients (4 persons)
| Clams (e.g. common orient clams and short-necked clams) | 2 cups (unshelled) |
|---|---|
| Slices of cod fillet | 4 |
| Oil | 1 tablespoon |
| Minced onion | 1/2 |
| Cloves of minced garlic | 2 |
| Bay leaf | 1 piece |
| White wine | 1 cup |
| Water | 2 cups |
| Canned whole tomato | 1/2 cup |
| Salt and pepper | Appropriate amounts |
| Potatoes (boiled) | 3 |
| String beans (boiled) | 12 |
| Parsley | Appropriate amount |
| Hot Sesame Oil | A dash |
Directions (25 min)
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Heat oil in a pan, add the minced onion and garlic and saute until translucent. Add bay leaf, soaked and scrubbed clams and white wine, close the lid immediately and then steam over a high heat.
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Turn off the heat as soon as the shells open. Take out the clams and keep them warm. Add 2 cups of water to the pan and boil it for a few minutes before straining.
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Simmer the soup from (2) and canned whole tomato in another pan, add cod fillet and cook over a low heat. Take out the cod fillet and keep it warm. Add salt and pepper to the soup to taste.
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Cut peeled and boiled potatoes into properly-Sized pieces, add them to the soup from (3) and cook until soft.
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Place the cod, the clams, the potatoes and boiled string beans in serving dishes, cover in the soup and sprinkle minced parsley on top.
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Add a dash of Hot Sesame Oil last.
Tips: The spicy flavor of Hot Sesame Oil adds richness to seafood soup.