The Best Hot & Sour Soup

The Best Hot & Sour Soup

Ingredients:


                                                           (For 6 to 8 persons) 2 quarts chicken stock
2 ounces dried mushrooms
1 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated
1 tablespoon red chili paste
1/2 cup canned bamboo shoot
1/2 cup canned water chestnut, chopped
1/2 lb firm tofu, drained and sliced into strips
1/4 lb pork, sliced thin
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon sugar
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup water
1 large egg, beaten
3 tablespoons oil
green onion, chopped (to garnish)

Directions:

1-Reconstitute mushrooms in water according to package directions.

2-Heat oil in wok or large pot.

3-Add ginger, chile paste and pork, cook for about two minute.

4-Add bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and mushrooms, cook for 1 minute.

5-In a bowl, combine vinegar, soy sauce, salt, pepper and sugar and
6-pour into wok.

7-Add chicken stock, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minute.

8-Add tofu and cook another 3-5 minute.

9-Mix cornstarch and water and add to soup and cook until thickened.

10-Stir soup in one direction to get current going then add beaten egg,

11-it will look feathery.

12-Garnish soup with green onion and serve.