Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 quarts chicken stock
• 1 block (16 oz.) of tofu, cut into 1 1/2 inch long strips
• 5 shitake mushrooms, cut into thin slices
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp. white pepper
• 1/2 cup white vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups bamboo shoot strips
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 4 tablespoons water
• 3 eggs. beaten
• 1/2 tsp. sesame oil

METHOD:

1. Combine first seven ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil.
2. Drizzle the cornstarch mixture into the soup, stirring to thicken.
3. Then drizzle beaten eggs into soup (stirring).
4. Top with sesame oil.

Categories: Soups