Hot and Sour Vegetable Rice Noodle Soup

Sarah_Jayne's Note:

I came up with this today when trying to figure out something to do with a few veggies and a bag of cooked rice noodles that had made it to the end of the food shopping week. We really enjoyed it and it is also pretty healthy too.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 53 fluid ounces vegetarian chicken stock
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed and chopped up
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger , chopped
• 1 cup green onion , including the green tops, roughly chopped
• ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
• ¼ cup light soy sauce
• 1 cup mushroom , thickly sliced
• ½ cup frozen corn
• 1 cup bamboo shoot , from a jar
• 2 cups carrots , shredded
• 1 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes
• 13 ½ ounces rice noodles , already cooked
• 1⁄8; teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Put the stock, garlic and ginger into a large pot and bring to a boil.
2. Reduce heat and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes.
3. Add the onions, rice wine vinegar and sauce and bring back to a boil.
4. Add in the mushrooms, corn, bamboo shots,shredded carrots and dried chili flakes. Allow to boil for about 5 minutes.
5. Put the noodles and black pepper into the pot and cook for two or three minutes just until they are warmed up.
6. Divide into bowls and enjoy.

Reviews

[Tea Jenny]

Mmmm Sarah, this was good, I made exactly as the recipe said an oh boy it was good, mind you by the time I got to the bottom of the bowl my mouth was on fire but in a good way. My DH loves hot hot food, and he really liked this so I am very sure I will be making it again. Great recipe thank you so much for posting. Made for ZWT#6 2010.

[Cilantro in Canada]

This is such a fast soup to make, and it has amazing flavour. I used powdered ginger, thick Udon noodles and cut the vinegar in half. We loved it. Thanks for the recipe.

[jrivera]

I did not make this exactly as the recipe called for. I did not have fresh ginger, so I used the ground ginger I had on hand. I used chicken broth and added some crushed red pepper flakes and half of a white onion. Then I added the green onion at the end. I had never bought rice noodles before and I am still not sure I bought the right thing because they were called rice sticks...but that is all they had. Since they were so thin I didnt cook them first, just put them directly from the bag in the pot. Well.......they were LONG! ......I should have broken them up first. Anyhow, it was delicious and I thank you for a great recipe.