Name: Homemade Hot and Sour Soup Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 cups chicken broth; ½ cup diced mushrooms; ¼ cup cooked, shredded chicken; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp chile-garlic paste; 2 minced garlic cloves; 3 oz drained, cut into cubes, optional firm tofu; ⅓ cup cut into matchsticks, optional bamboo shoots; ¼ cup white vinegar; to taste ground white pepper; 2 tbsp cold water; 2 tbsp cornstarch; 1 egg; 2 diced Green Onions; 1 tsp toasted sesame oil

How To Make Homemade Hot and Sour Soup

Made with tofu and bamboo shoots, this hot and sour soup has the perfect fusion of flavors that will surely warm and fill the stomach.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

4cupschicken broth
½cupmushrooms,diced
¼cupchicken,cooked, shredded
3tbspsoy sauce
1tbspchile-garlic paste
2garlic cloves,minced
3ozfirm tofu,drained, cut into cubes, optional
⅓cupbamboo shoots,cut into matchsticks, optional
¼cupwhite vinegar
ground white pepper,to taste
2tbspcold water
2tbspcornstarch
1egg
2green onions,diced
1tsptoasted sesame oil

Instructions

Bring the chicken broth to a simmer in a 2-quart saucepan.
Add the mushrooms, chicken, soy sauce, chile paste, and garlic. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the tofu, bamboo shoots, vinegar, and white pepper, then simmer for 5 more minutes.
Combine the water and cornstarch in a cup, then stir until smooth. Add the mixture to the soup, then stir well.
Let simmer for about 5 minutes more until soup thickens.
Beat the egg in a cup, then slowly pour it in a fine stream, into the soup.
Stir well and heat through for 30 seconds.
Mix in the green onions and sesame oil. Remove from heat.
Serve hot, and enjoy!