Name: Hot and Sour Soup Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 6 cups chicken broth; ½ inch slice of fresh ginger; ¼ cup soy sauce; ¼ cup rice vinegar; ½ tsp hot sauce; 1 cup shiitake mushroom caps; ½ cup bamboo shoots; ¼ cup Corn Starch; 2 pcs eggs; 16 oz package extra firm tofu; 1 tsp sesame oil; salt and pepper; ¼ cup Green Onions

How To Make Hot and Sour Soup

This hot and sour soup brings an Asian twist to your usual soup recipe. Made with fresh mushrooms, tofu, egg, and green onions tossed in a savory broth.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

6cupschicken broth
½inchslice of fresh ginger
¼cupsoy saucelow sodium
¼cuprice vinegar
½tsphot sauceor more to taste
1cupshiitake mushroom capsthinly sliced
½cupbamboo shootsthinly sliced
¼cupCorn Starch
2pcseggsbeaten
16 ozpackage extra firm tofudrained and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1tspsesame oil
Salt and pepper to taste
¼cupgreen onionssliced, plus more for garnish

Instructions

Place the chicken broth, ginger, soy sauce, rice vinegar, hot sauce, mushrooms, and bamboo shoots in a large pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer.
Cook for 5 minutes or until mushrooms is tender. Remove the piece of ginger and discard.
In a small bowl, whisk together the corn starch with 1/4 cup cold water. Add the cornstarch mixture to the pot and stir well.
Cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until soup has just thickened.
Stir the soup in a circular motion while slowly pouring in the beaten eggs.
Stir in the tofu, sesame oil, salt, and pepper to taste and green onions. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes until tofu is heated through.
Serve and garnish with more green onions if desired.