Waterless Tomato Beef Soup (罗宋汤)

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb beef chuck roast (Source gives a range of 1–2 lb; midpoint amount used for nutrition estimate.)
• 28 oz whole tomatoes (1 can)
• 1 carrot
• 2 fresh tomatoes
• 1 small onion
• 2 celery stalks
• 1 cabbage (1 head)
• 2 small potatoes
• 1 tbsp butter
• salt (To taste; estimated nutrition uses approximately 1 tsp.)
• black pepper (To taste; estimated nutrition uses approximately 1/2 tsp.)

Steps

1. 1

   Cook the beef chuck roast, canned whole tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, carrot, onion, celery, cabbage, potatoes, and butter together without adding any water.

2. 2

   Allow the ingredients to cook down in their natural juices until the vegetables’ flavor becomes sweet and savory and the soup is deeply concentrated.

3. 3

   Season the finished soup with salt and black pepper to taste.

Notes

The source does not provide detailed preparation instructions, cooking temperature, cooking time, or the order in which ingredients should be added. Do not add water; the defining technique is allowing the vegetables’ natural juices to form the concentrated soup.

Nutrition per serving

• soup
• main
• Chinese
• Shanghainese
• beef
• waterless cooking
• one-pot
• comfort food