Soup Recipes > Hot and Sour Soup

How to make hot and sour soup:
A Chinese style soup that can pass as a main dish. Requires quite a bit of preparation but is well worth the effort.



Ingredients

2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
seasoning to taste
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1/2 cup pork fillet (tenderloin), sliced thinly
5 Chinese dried mushrooms
1 tablespoon oil vegetable or olive
5 cups chicken bouillon or Chinese style bouillon
1/4 cup bamboo shoots, thinly sliced
2 cakes (squares) bean curd cubed
1/4 cup rice vermicelli broken
1 tablespoon vinegar
1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup cold water
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoons sesame oil
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Mix the soy sauce, flour, salt and pepper and ginger in a small bowl.
- Toss in the sliced pork into the mixture.
- Soak the dried mushrooms in cold water to cover for 10 minutes.
- Drain and cook in boiling salted water for 5 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan or wok and stir-fry the pork for 15 seconds.
- Pour in the bouillon and add the bamboo shoots, bean curd and mushrooms and vermicelli.
- Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the vinegar, salt, pepper and beaten eggs.
- Mix the water and cornstarch together until smooth, add the sesame oil, and stir into the soup.
- Bring to the boil and cook, stirring, until the soup thickens.


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