Shark Fin Soup

I have only once had the opportunity to cook such food as shark fin soup on my own under the strict guidance of a chef. It was during one of the trips abroad. But this is such a delicious dish that I intend to occasionally cook it at home. Now I will tell you about this culinary recipe. So, first we take a large frying pan, put dried shark fins in it, pour them with boiling water and leave to soak overnight. In the morning, the shark fins are rinsed in cold water and soaked for another couple of hours in fresh water. After this time, we shift the fins into a large saucepan, put one ginger root in it and cook this mixture over low heat for about 3 hours. When the resulting broth has cooled, pour it into another container. From the shark's fins, we carefully remove the skin, separate the bones, meat and leave only small golden-colored cartilages. Now we put them in a small saucepan with ginger root and one onion, pour all this with our broth and cook for about 5 hours. After this time, we drain the broth, wash the cartilages and place them in chicken broth. In it, we also put chicken white meat (breast) cut into small strips and cook for 25-30 minutes over moderate heat. After this time, our soup is ready, we serve it to the table hot, garnished with finely chopped green onion.