Hot and Sour Soup

tamiller1954
tamiller1954 @theresa_BYDCook
Dallas, TX

Nothing worse than ordering Hot and Sour Soup at a restaurant and get it and it is either missing the spicy or missing the sour! So I worked on and came up with my own Hot & Sour Soup perfect each time.

Hot and Sour Soup

Nothing worse than ordering Hot and Sour Soup at a restaurant and get it and it is either missing the spicy or missing the sour! So I worked on and came up with my own Hot & Sour Soup perfect each time.

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Ingredients

  1. 4Dried Chinese fungi (1 oz) wood ears or cloud ears (in produce dept.)
  2. 2 Tbspcanola oil
  3. 1” piece of ginger, peeled ad grated
  4. 2-3 Tbspred chili paste, sambal oelek
  5. 8 oz.button mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
  6. 1small can water chestnuts, sliced and drained
  7. 1/2 cupcanned bamboo shoots, drained
  8. 1/4 lb.shredded pork or chicken
  9. 1/2 cupsoy sauce
  10. 1/2 cuprice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
  11. 1 tspsalt
  12. 1/2 tspred pepper flakes
  13. 1 tspground white pepper
  14. Pinchsugar
  15. 2 quartschicken stock, hot
  16. 1square firm tofu, drained as cut into 1/4” strips
  17. 3 Tbspcornstarch w/ 1/4 cup water
  18. 1large egg beaten
  19. Chopped green onion and cilantro for garnish

Cooking Instructions

  1. 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. 2

    In large pot put chicken stock to heat up.

  3. 3

    Heat wok or large skillet with sides. Add the oil to heat on medium high.

  4. 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. 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. 6

    Add in the hot chicken stock, bring to boil and then simmer for 10 minutes.

  7. 7

    Add in tofu and cook for 3 minutes m

  8. 8

    Combine cornstarch and water to make a slurry. Add to soup and simmer until it thickens.

  9. 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. 10

    Garnishes

  11. 11

    Serve soup topped with garnish.

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My day job is cost accounting and my nights and weekends are filled with cooking and baking for my clients. I went to culinary school when I was 58 and had a so much fun!
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