Danny's Spicy Sweet Hot & Sour Soup

One of the chefs at my cafeteria makes this and I begged him for the recipe. Lots of ingredients, but worth it!

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 1 gallon soup

Ingredients

• 1  garlic clove (minced)
• 2  tablespoons ginger (minced)
• 4  tablespoons shallots (minced)
• 1⁄4 cup  oil
• 1⁄4 cup  hot sauce (sirachi)
• 1⁄4 cup  rice wine vinegar
• 1⁄4  sweet chili sauce
• 3  tablespoons soy sauce
• 3  tablespoons hoisin sauce or 3  tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1⁄2 cup white wine
• 1  gallon chicken or 1  gallon  beef stock
•  salt & pepper
• 1  lb beef flank steak (strips) or 1  lb chicken (strips)
•  garnish with  baby corn, mushrooms, sprouts, tofu, rice noodles, 1 bunch cilantro and scallions

Directions

1. In a large pot saute galic, ginger and shallots w/ oil till tender.
2. mix in sirachi, rice wine vinegar, sweet chili, soy and oyster/hoisin suace. Saute til fragrant.
3. Mix in white wine and chicken stock and bring to boil.
4. Stir in cooked meat. Min in remaing garnish ingredients 5 minutes before serving.