Easy Hot and Sour Soup

Miraklegirl's Note:

Easy and delicious recipe for Chinese hot and sour soup. It can easily be made vegetarian by leaving off the chicken and substituting vegetable broth.

• Total Time: 13 mins
• Prep Time: 8 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 -6 dried Chinese mushrooms , soaked
• 4 ounces chicken
• 1 package firm tofu
• 2 ounces sliced bamboo shoots , drained
• 2 ½ cups chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon rice wine or 1 tablespoon sherry wine
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• ½ teaspoon white pepper
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch , mixed with water
• salt (to taste)
• hot pepper sauce (to taste)

Directions:

1. Squeeze all excess water from mushrooms and discard hard stalks.
2. Thinly shred the mushrooms, chicken, tofu and bamboo.
3. Bring the stock to a boil in a wok and add the shredded ingredients.
4. Bring back to a boil and simmer for about 1 minute.
5. Add seasonings to taste and bring back to the boil once more.
6. Thicken with cornstarch paste.

Reviews

[Shellbelle]

I loved this, and you're right it is so easy! It's much better than the soup at the Chinese places in my area. I kept tasting it to see how much hot sauce I wanted and I ended up putting 2 tablespoons in. Thanks for a great recipe!