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Hot & Sour Soup

Hot & Sour Soup is a soups recipe made with Vegetable Oil, Chicken Stock, Pork Sliced Thinly, Soy Sauce, and White Pepper. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp
• 2 cup
• 1 cup
• 2 tbsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 2 tbsp
• 1 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Soak mushrooms in hot water for 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Drain, remove and discard= stems, and shred caps.

3. 3

   Heat oil in heavy duty saucepan, add shredded= mushroom caps and ginger and stir over moderately high heat for one minute.=

4. 4

   Add bamboo shoots and stir for an additional minute.

5. 5

   Add chicken stock,= pork slices, and soy sauce.

6. 6

   Bring to a boil and simmer ten minutes.

7. 7

   Add= tofu and cook three minutes more.

8. 8

   Dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup cold water.

9. 9

   Add, with pepper and= vinegar, to soup.

10. 10

    Cook until mixture thickens and clears.

11. 11

    Turn off heat and= drizzle beaten egg over top.

12. 12

    Stir.

13. 13

    When egg sets, serve, garnishing with= chopped scallions, coriander leaves, and sesame oil to taste.

14. 14

    NOTES: Substitute ham for pork, adding after soup has simmered for five= minutes, and simmer for five minutes more.

15. 15

    For a spicier= version, add two tablespoons chopped Sichuan pickle to stock with soy= sauce.