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Hot and Sour Soup

Hot and Sour Soup

⏱ Prep: 10 min ⏱ Cook: 25 min

Ingredients

  • 1.5 lb pork (thinly sliced)
  • 1.5 cup Shiitake mushrooms (sliced)
  • 1.5 cup dried wood ear mushroom (soaked in water)
  • 2 thumbs ginger (sliced)
  • 4 piece firm tofu (cubed)
  • 1.5 cup carrots (julienned)
  • 1.5 cup bamboo shoots (sliced)
  • 7 cup chicken broth
  • 1.5 cup rice vinegar
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp chili sauce
  • 3.5 tbsp cornstarch (diluted in 4 tablespoons water)
  • 1 piece egg
  • 1.25 cup spring onions (finely chopped)

Instructions

  1. Heat a cooking pot then pour-in chicken broth and let boil.

  2. Put-in Shiitake mushroom, wood ear, and ginger then stir. Simmer for 10 minutes.

  3. Remove the ginger, put-in pork, tofu, carrots, and bamboo shoots. Simmer until pork is tender (about 20 minutes).

  4. Add soy sauce, rice vinegar, and hot sauce then stir.

  5. Stir-in cornstarch diluted in water and egg. Stir thoroughly.

  6. Turn off heat, transfer to a serving bowl, and garnish with spring onions.

  7. Serve. Share and enjoy!