Easy Chinese Restaurant Hot and Sour Soup

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Easy Chinese Hot and Sour Soup

4 cups of chicken broth
4 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup cooked shredded chicken or pork (canned chicken ok)
1/2 cup drained canned mushrooms, sliced or diced
1/4 cup canned bamboo shoots, drained and julienned
1/2 tablespoon Thai Chili Garlic Sauce (Tabasco Sauce and a little garlic powder as a substitute is ok)
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water
1 egg, beaten
3 oz firm tofu, cut into 1/4 inch dice
2 green onion stalks, diced (including green tops)
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

Bring chicken broth to a simmer in a 2-quart saucepan.
Add soy sauce, meat, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, Thai Chili Garlic Sauce and white pepper.
-Simmer for five minutes.
-Combine two tablespoons of cornstarch with two tablespoons of cold water in a cup. Stir until mixture is smooth. Add cornstarch mixture to soup and stir well.
-Simmer for 2 or 3 minutes until soup is thickened.
-Beat egg in a cup until yolk and white are combined. Pour beaten （ihealbox.com） egg slowly, in a fine stream into soup. Stir soup several times.
-Wait 30 seconds.
-Add tofu and green onions to soup. Stir well. Remove from heat.
-Add distilled white vinegar and sesame oil.
-Stir a few times and serve.

Makes about 4 cups.

efwolfcub

looks tasty marking for future reference

acpgee

Nice. I would add a good grind of Szechuan pepper which adds quite a distinctive Northern Chinese flavour.

Castiel22

Awhile ago I was experimenting with a hot and sour soup recipe and created this:

Farmer's Market Hot & Sour Soup
4 cups veggie stock
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 -4 pickled jalapeños
1/4 cup white vinegar
3 oz block of firm tofu
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
any type of veggies you want

Mix all stock ingredients into a pot and put on medium heat. Finely shop veggies and cube the tofu. Add ingredients to the stock and cook until veggies are soft. Serve hot.

its amazing tasting. just like hot and sour soup but with whatever you want in it.

Elsie_Brownraisin

They sound delicious, thanks.

chopsart

I want to try both recipes.