Hot & Sour Soup (Chinese) – Asian Food Recipes

Recipe ingredients and directions:

6 cups chicken stock (seasoned with some ginger)

2 Tbsp. light soy sauce

1/4 lb. lean pork, in 1/4 inch cubes

6 dried Chinese mushrooms (soaked 3 hours, drained, julienned)

3/4 tsp. ground white pepper

1/4 cup white vinegar

5 Tbsp. cornstarch mixed with 5 Tbsp. water

1/2 cup bamboo shoots, julienned

1/4 dried cloud ears, soaked 1 hr., drained, and shredded

1 cake bean curd, cut into 1/4 inch cubes

4 eggs, beaten

cooked ham, cut in slivers

green onion, chopped

sesame oil to taste

grated carrot

ground black pepper

Bring stock to simmer, add soy sauce, pork, and mushrooms. Simmer

10 minutes. Add pepper, vinegar, and thicken with cornstarch

mixture. Adjust seasonings to taste. Add bamboo, cloud ears, and

bean curd. Bring to simmer and pour in eggs in a very thin stream

over the surface of the soup. Wait 10 seconds and stir gently.

Add garnishes and serve.

Category: Asian Recipes