hot and sour soup

By foodiva

Ingredients

• 1 box of fresh tofu
• 4 dried shiitake mushroom
• 6 wood ear mushrooms
• 1 red chili pepper
• 1 ham sausage or chicken leg
• 2 middle size eggs beaten
• 3 spring onions chopped
• 4 corianders chopped
• 3 cups of water or stock
• 1 tablespoon black vinegar
• 1 tablespoon cooking wine
• 2 dashes black pepper powder
• pinch of salt as needed
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons water

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from chinasichuanfood.com

Preparation

Step 1

Stir fry

Personally hot and sour soup can be vegetarian or with meat. If you are eat meat, use stock and add some chicken meat, ham sausage  or seafood in this recipe.

Vinegar and pepper powder should be added after the fire is turned off

There are several essential ingredients for hot and sour soup: tofu, shitake mushroom, wood ear mushrooms, egg, spring onions and carrots or chili peppers. You see we get five colors for this yummy and warm soup. Besides you can add other ingredients if you like for example green beans, meat or fish.

For shitake mushroom, either dried mushroom or fresh mushroom can be used. Dried mushroom usually gives a stronger taste while fresh one gives smooth taste.

Prepare all the ingredient and cut them into shreds.

Beaten the egg and make the water starch.

Cook ham, chili pepper, wood ear mushroom firstly and then add tofu slices in. Pour the egg in and stir with a chop sticker and then water starch. Cook until the soup becomes thick.

Add sesame oil and chopped spring onions and coriander. Here comes our hot and sour soup.

Yield:

Serve:

4 dried shiitake mushroom

2 middle size eggs beaten

Cut tofu, chili pepper and ham sausage into shreds. Soak the dried mushroom and dried wood ear mushroom in clean water and then cut into shreds.

Beat the eggs in a small bowl.

Bring water or stock to a boiling in wok.

Add mushrooms, wood ear and ham to cook for around 3 minutes.

Add tofu shreds in and succeeded with light soy sauce, cooking wine and salt.

Pour in beaten eggs in wok too; stir with a scoop or chop stickers.

Add water starch in and cook until the soup becomes thick. Stir the soup occasionally.

Turn off the fire and add vinegar, black pepper powder and sesame oil. Mix well.

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