Hot and Sour Soup
Servings: 5 people
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb pork thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 cups Shiitake mushrooms sliced
- 1/2 cup dried wood ear mushroom soaked in water
- 2 thumbs ginger sliced
- 4 pieces firm tofu cubed
- 1/2 cup carrots julienned
- 1/2 cup bamboo shoots sliced
- 7 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons chili sauce
- 3 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch diluted in 4 tablespoons water
- 1 piece egg
- 1/4 cup spring onions finely chopped
Instructions
- Heat a cooking pot then pour-in chicken broth and let boil.
- Put-in Shiitake mushroom, wood ear, and ginger then stir. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove the ginger, put-in pork, tofu, carrots, and bamboo shoots. Simmer until pork is tender (about 20 minutes).
- Add soy sauce, rice vinegar, and hot sauce then stir.
- Stir-in cornstarch diluted in water and egg. Stir thoroughly.
- Turn off heat, transfer to a serving bowl, and garnish with spring onions.
- Serve. Share and enjoy!