Hot and Sour Vegetable Soup – Asian Food Recipes

Recipe ingredients and directions:

8 c vegetable stock

1/2 lb mushrooms

1 can straw mushrooms

6 shitake mushrooms, Soaked in warm water 20 min. and sliced

2 c bok choy leaves, finely shredded

2 c dried seaweed, broken into pieces, may be presoaked

1 c dried bean curd sheet, broken into pieces

1/2 c vinegar

1 tsp white pepper

3 cloves garlic, crushed

1-1/2 tsp sesame oil

3/4 tsp sugar

1 tb dark soy sauce

6 dried red chilies

4 tb cornstarch mixed into 3 tb cold water

3 green onions, Shredded

Mix vinegar, white pepper, garlic, sesame oil, sugar, soy sauce,

and red chilies in bowl and set aside.

Bring stock to a boil and add mushrooms, bok choy, seaweed, and

bean curd. Boil for 2 – 3 minutes.

Add vinegar mixture and simmer 2 minutes.

Add corn starch solution and stir until clear. Ladle into bowls

and garnish with oinions.

The seaweed is optional, but gives it an interesting flavor. This

is an entire meal in and of itself.

Category: Asian Recipes