Hot and Sour Soup

By RJamoralin

Ingredients

• 18 cups chicken stock
• 3/4 lb julenned lean pork or 3/4 lb chicken
• 6 tbsp garlic and red chile paste
• 6 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 1/4 tsp ground pepper
• 12 eggs, beaten
• 15 tbsp cornstarch
• 3 cups sliced shitake mushrooms
• 3 cups peeled straw mushrooms
• 3 cups sliced bamboo shoots
• 3 cups sliced water chestnuts
• 3 cups baby sweet baby corn
• 1 1/2 lbs soft tofu, sliced into 1/4 inch cubes
• 3/4 cup white vinegar
• 3 tsp sesame oil
• 3 to taste finely chopped scallions (for garnish)

Details

Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 35mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. Bring stock to a simmer, add soy sauce, pork, mushrooms & chili paste, simmer of 10 minutes.

2. Add meat, pepper, vinegar, bamboo, baby corn, water chestnuts, tofu. Simmer 10 minutes.

3. Mix cornstarch with 5 tbsp water and add to soup.

4. Bring back to a simmer and pour the eggs in a very thin stream over the surface.

5. Let stand for 10 seconds before gently stirring in the sesame oil.

6. Serve with a garnish of chopped scallions.