Hot and Sour Soup
Pepper and vinegar in Hot and Sour Soup combine with the full flavors of mushrooms, soy sauce, shrimp and tofu perfect this tasty Asian dish.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 8 large dried shitake mushrooms
- 20 dried lily flowers (optional)
- 20 medium shrimp cleaned and tails removed
- 1/4 pound chicken or boneless pork loin sliced into bite size pieces
- 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp soy sauce
- 4 oz firm tofu drained and diced
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 5 dried red chili peppers (like chile de arbol)
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 8 oz water chestnuts drained and sliced
- 1/2 cup bamboo shoots sliced or shredded
- 1 tbsp chili oil (or chili paste of choice)
- 1/4 tsp white pepper
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 green onion sliced thin on the diagonal
Instructions
- In a bowl place dried mushrooms and lily flowers, cover with hot water to soak and rehydrate for 15 minutes. Drain, rinse and discard stems from mushrooms. Slice the mushroom caps very thin lengthwise, cut the lily flowers in half. Set both aside.
- In a small bowl toss the chicken or pork with cornstarch, salt, soy sauce. Cover and refrigerate while mushrooms soak. Cut tofu half inch cubes and set aside. Chop shrimp if desired, I leave whole after cleaning.
- In a Dutch oven or stock pot, bring the chicken stock and dried red peppers to a boil. Lower the heat to medium, cook for 10 minutes, discard the chili peppers. Add the vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil.
- Stir the cornstarch and water mixture, pour into the broth. Stir as soup thickens over medium heat.
- Add the marinated chicken, shrimp, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, chili oil, and white pepper. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Slowly pour in the beaten egg and lightly stir the soup so it turns to egg threads. Season to taste with more vinegar or chili oil. Serve immediately with green onions sprinkled on top.
Nutrition
Calories: 292kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 117mg | Sodium: 1018mg | Potassium: 512mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 207IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 3mg