Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, hot and sour soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Hot and sour soup is a soup from Asian culinary traditions. In all cases, the soup contains ingredients to make it both spicy and sour. Soup preparation may use chicken or pork broth, or may be meat-free. Common key ingredients in the American Chinese version include bamboo shoots, toasted sesame oil.

Hot and sour soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Hot and sour soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have hot and sour soup using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Hot and sour soup:

1. Take 1 qt chicken stock(used Costcos)
2. Prepare 3/8 lb pork shoulder julienned
3. Make ready 3 shitake mushrooms sliced
4. Get 5 pc black fungus chopped
5. Prepare 1/8 inch slice ginger minced
6. Prepare 5 ounce extra firm tofu 1×1/2×1/4"
7. Prepare Handful julienned carrots
8. Take 1/3 cup bamboo shoots julienned
9. Prepare 1 &1/2 tsp chili paste (Sambal)
10. Get 3/8 tsp white pepper
11. Take 3/16 C soy sauce
12. Prepare 3/16 C aged vinegar
13. Prepare 1/2-1 tsp dark soy sauce
14. Prepare 1 egg beaten
15. Take 2 scallions chopped
16. Prepare 1/2 tsp sesame oil
17. Take 2 Tbs corn starch plus water to make slurry

Hot and Sour soup is a Chinese soup that's savoury, spicy and tangy. The broth is thickened and it's filled with mushrooms, tofu, bamboo shoots and silky egg ribbons. Note: Hot and sour soup is also translated as Sweet and sour soup in some English recipes. The Szechuan hot and sour soup recipe call for Chinese dry shiitake mushroom.

Steps to make Hot and sour soup:

1. Heat stock to boiling in wok
2. Add mushrooms, carrots, bamboo shoots, ginger, Sambal to pot. Reduce to low and cook 6 to 8 minutes
3. Add pork that an hour prior was marinated in 1 Tbs soy, 1 Tbs water, tsp corn starch, 2 Tbs cooking oil, 1/8 tsp white pepper and sprinkle of salt. Stir soup to separate pork. Cook 2 minutes
4. Add all soy sauce, vinegar, 3/8 tsp white pepper and cook 4 to 6 minutes
5. Slowly add slurry and return to low boil to thicken
6. When thickened, add beaten egg in spiral pattern. Wait 5-10 seconds, slowly stir to form egg ribbons
7. Add tofu and sesame oil and cook 2 minutes
8. Serve with chopped scallions and fried wontons if you like

Note: Hot and sour soup is also translated as Sweet and sour soup in some English recipes. The Szechuan hot and sour soup recipe call for Chinese dry shiitake mushroom. Soak the mushrooms in water until it is fully hydrated and become very soft and easy to cut. Our classic hot and sour soup recipe comes from our family's days running a Chinese restaurant. Learn how to make authentic, restaurant-quality hot and sour soup at home!

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