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Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

Step-by-Step Guide
Course Soup
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword hotandsour, hotandsoursoup, soup
Servings 6

Ingredients

  • 6-8 pcs Dried Shitake Mushroom
  • 1/4 cup Bamboo Shoots
  • 1/2 Tofu
  • 1/4 cup Carrots
  • 1/4 Green onions (green part of garnish and white part for cooking)
  • 1 tbsp ginger
  • 5 cup Broth (chicken or vegetable broth)
  • 4 pcs eggs

Soy Sauce Mixture

  • 6 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp Rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp White pepper
  • 2 tbsp Sesame oil

Cornstarch Mixture

  • 4 tbsp Cornstarch
  • 4 tbsp Water

Instructions

  • Prepare all the ingredients
  • Soak the dried mushrooms in a bowl with hot water. Let it stay for a few minutes
  • Slice carrots thinly and chop the green onions. Remember: white part is for cooking and green part is for garnish.
  • Slice bamboo shoots and mushroom thinly then mince ginger.
  • Soy Sauce Mixture: In a bowl, add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, white pepper and sesame oil.
  • Cornstarch Mixture: In a bowl, mix cornstarch and water until it dissolves.
  • After preparing the mixtures, beat the 4 eggs in another bowl
  • Heat the soup stock pan then add about 2 tbsp oil. Saute the ginger, leeks and mushroom until fragrant.
  • Add the broth. Let it simmer
  • Add the carrots, bamboo shoot, mushroom and soy sauce mixture. Turn the heat to high.
  • Pour the beaten egg and whisk continuously. Let the egg cook through
  • Stir in the cornstarch mixture
  • Serve. Enjoy your delicious meal!

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