Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, hot and sour soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Hot and sour soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Hot and sour soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have hot and sour soup using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Hot and sour soup:

1. Get 1 qt chicken stock(used Costcos)
2. Get 3/8 lb pork shoulder julienned
3. Prepare 3 shitake mushrooms sliced
4. Prepare 5 pc black fungus chopped
5. Make ready 1/8 inch slice ginger minced
6. Prepare 5 ounce extra firm tofu 1×1/2×1/4"
7. Make ready Handful julienned carrots
8. Prepare 1/3 cup bamboo shoots julienned
9. Get 1 &1/2 tsp chili paste (Sambal)
10. Prepare 3/8 tsp white pepper
11. Take 3/16 C soy sauce
12. Take 3/16 C aged vinegar
13. Get 1/2-1 tsp dark soy sauce
14. Take 1 egg beaten
15. Prepare 2 scallions chopped
16. Get 1/2 tsp sesame oil
17. Take 2 Tbs corn starch plus water to make slurry

In a smaller mixing bowl, combine white pepper and vinegar; mix until pepper disappears. In a pot over medium-high heat, combine chicken stock, green onion and ginger. Return the meat and mushrooms to the pan. Stir in the tofu, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and vinegar.

Instructions to make Hot and sour soup:

1. Heat stock to boiling in wok
2. Add mushrooms, carrots, bamboo shoots, ginger, Sambal to pot. Reduce to low and cook 6 to 8 minutes
3. Add pork that an hour prior was marinated in 1 Tbs soy, 1 Tbs water, tsp corn starch, 2 Tbs cooking oil, 1/8 tsp white pepper and sprinkle of salt. Stir soup to separate pork. Cook 2 minutes
4. Add all soy sauce, vinegar, 3/8 tsp white pepper and cook 4 to 6 minutes
5. Slowly add slurry and return to low boil to thicken
6. When thickened, add beaten egg in spiral pattern. Wait 5-10 seconds, slowly stir to form egg ribbons
7. Add tofu and sesame oil and cook 2 minutes
8. Serve with chopped scallions and fried wontons if you like

Return the meat and mushrooms to the pan. Stir in the tofu, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and vinegar. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into soup. Hot and Sour Soup Ingredients: To make this hot and sour soup recipe, you will need: Broth: Either chicken or veggie stock (or broth) will do. Mushrooms: I highly recommend using shiitake mushrooms, but baby bella or even button mushrooms would also do.

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