Hot and Sour Soup
Hot and Sour Soup

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, hot and sour soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hot and sour soup using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Hot and Sour Soup:
  1. Get 4 Dried Chinese fungi (1 oz) wood ears or cloud ears (in produce dept.)
  2. Take 2 Tbsp canola oil
  3. Take 1 ” piece of ginger, peeled ad grated
  4. Make ready 2-3 Tbsp red chili paste, sambal oelek
  5. Take 8 oz. button mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
  6. Prepare 1 small can water chestnuts, sliced and drained
  7. Take 1/2 cup canned bamboo shoots, drained
  8. Prepare 1/4 lb. shredded pork or chicken
  9. Get 1/2 cup soy sauce
  10. Get 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
  11. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  12. Get 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
  13. Get 1 tsp ground white pepper
  14. Get Pinch sugar
  15. Make ready 2 quarts chicken stock, hot
  16. Prepare 1 square firm tofu, drained as cut into 1/4” strips
  17. Take 3 Tbsp cornstarch w/ 1/4 cup water
  18. Take 1 large egg beaten
  19. Take Chopped green onion and cilantro for garnish

The spicy hot comes from the white pepper, and the sour comes from the vinegar. Hot and Sour soup is a Chinese soup that's savoury, spicy and tangy. The broth is thickened and it's filled with mushrooms, tofu, bamboo shoots and silky egg ribbons. The flavour and textures in this soup are an addictive combination, making it a firm Chinese restaurant favourite!

Steps to make Hot and Sour Soup:
  1. In a small bowl add the dried mushrooms and pour boiling water over them let sit at least 15-29 minutes to rehydrate. Drain and cut into strips
  2. In large pot put chicken stock to heat up.
  3. Heat wok or large skillet with sides. Add the oil to heat on medium high.
  4. To the hot oil add the finger, chili paste, wood ears, button mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and meat. Cook for 1 minute to infuse flavors.
  5. Next combine soy sauce, vinegars, salt, red pepper flakes, white pepper and sugar. Pour into pan and stir everything together. Will smell amazing!
  6. Add in the hot chicken stock, bring to boil and then simmer for 10 minutes.
  7. Add in tofu and cook for 3 minutes m
  8. Combine cornstarch and water to make a slurry. Add to soup and simmer until it thickens.
  9. Remove pot from heat and with a spoon swirl soup in 1 direction and add in beaten egg which should cook immediately. Stir to blend egg.
  10. Garnishes
  11. Serve soup topped with garnish.

The broth is thickened and it's filled with mushrooms, tofu, bamboo shoots and silky egg ribbons. The flavour and textures in this soup are an addictive combination, making it a firm Chinese restaurant favourite! Add mushrooms, chicken, soy sauce, chile paste, and garlic. Add tofu, bamboo shoots, vinegar, and white pepper. You Asked for It - Hot and Sour Soup!

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