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Hot and sour soup

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Ingredients/Components

salt - 3/4 1
cornstarch - 2 Tbsp
water - 1/4 c
egg - 1 item
pepper - 1/4 tsp
soy sauce - 1 tsp
chicken broth - 5 c
Tabasco sauce - 1 item
sherry - 1 Tbsp
or 4 dried black mushrooms - 3 item
lean pork - 1/4 lb
bean curd cakes tofu - 2 item
scallion - 1 item
mushroom-soaking liquid - 1 c
white vinegar - 2 Tbsp

How to make hot and sour soup:

Soak dried mushrooms in water. Reserve soaking liquid. Sliver mushrooms, pork and bean curd. Mince scallion. Beat egg lightly. Blend cornstarch and cold water to make a paste. Bring stock and mushroom-soaking liquid to a boil. Add pork and mushrooms and simmer covered 10 minutes. Add bean curd and simmer, covered, 3 minutes more.

Stir in sherry, vinegar, salt, soy sauce and pepper. Thicken with cornstarch paste. Slowly add beaten egg, stirring gently once or twice. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with Tabasco sauce to taste and minced scallion. Serve immediately.

Recipe categories: Soups & stews, Mushroom, Beans.

Rating:

3.8

Average rating: 3.8, total votes: 8

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