Authentic hot and sour soup

Name: Authentic hot and sour soup
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tofu; 1 carrot; 8 mushroom; 200 grams pork belly or minced pork; 2 eggs; White pepper; Sriracha or chili 🌶; 25 gram Soy sauce; Cooking wine (optional); Sesame oil; Vinegar

Naomi @butterrice

Zurich

Authentic hot and sour soup is perfect with any dish especially with pot sticker (Gyoza)

Naomi @butterrice

Zurich

Authentic hot and sour soup is perfect with any dish especially with pot sticker (Gyoza)

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Ingredients

6 people

1tofu
1carrot
8mushroom
200 gramspork belly or minced pork
2eggs
White pepper
Sriracha or chili 🌶
25 gramSoy sauce
Cooking wine (optional)
Sesame oil
Vinegar

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Steps

1

Shred carrot, mushroom, and pork belly
2

Stir fry the pork belly untill the surface is cooked on medium heat. Add carrot in the pan
3

Stir fry till the color of carrot turns into a bit transparent. Add mushroom.
4

Turn the stove up to high heat and stir fry for 30 seconds. Add soy sauce along the pan. Then add cooing wine (optional). Stir fry for 30 seconds
5

Add 1 liter of boiled water then turn to medium heat
6

Shred tofu. Starting from slicing it. Knock them down like dominoes then shred the tofu.
7

Mix one tablespoon of potato powder with cold water. Add the starch water into the soup. Don’t put it all in once. Stop when you like the thickness of the soup.
8

Wait until the soup is boiling again then add tofu in. It’s important not to stir at this point. Just gently push the tofu a bit to ensure it’s covered by the soup
9

Mix 2 eggs with a pinch of salt and some sesame oil
10

Wait till the soup is boiled again, turn down to low heat. Pour the egg with chopsticks or spoon to slow down the process. Move around to make sure every section is covered by egg.
11

Wait until it’s boiled again then add Shiracha (optional),white pepper and vinegar. It’s better with Asian black vinegar, but red wine vinegar works as well. Turn off the heat in 10 seconds.
12

Serve with coriander and some sesame oil. voilà ❤️ you can service as a soup dish with dinner or Gyoza. Adding water dumpling in the soup is also an authentic way of serving hot and sour soup.