Hot and sour soup

Hot and sour soup

A simple home made recipe. Using the chicken broth to enhance the flavor. Adding some chili bean paste to make it savory. Adding 2 different vinegar also enrich the flavor as well.
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Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Servings: 2 people

Ingredients
 

  • 20 g ham (sliced, optional)
  • 2 pcs shiitake mushroom (soaked, cleaned, sliced)
  • 20 g Wood ear (soaked, cleaned, sliced)
  • 20 g bamboo shoot (cleaned, sliced)
  • 150 g firm tofu (sliced)
  • 1 pcs egg (beaten)

Broth mixture

  • 400 ml chicken broth
  • 150 ml water
  • ½ tsp dark soy sauce
  • ½ tsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp chili bean paste
  • 3 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
  • 1 tbsp Chinese red vinegar

Starch mixture

  • 2 tbsp waterchestnut starch (can be replaced by tapioca starch, potato starch, but not cornstarch)
  • 6 tbsp water

Instructions
 

  • mushroom, wood ear, bamboo shoot stir fry in a frying pan with 1 tsp of oil over medium high heat.
  • Add in broth mixture and bring it to boil. Add in ham, tofu and cook for 2 mins. Do a taste test.
  • Add in enough starch mixture to thicken the soup. Turn off the heat. Add in the egg mixture and mix it well
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Keywords black vinegar, chili bean paste, live, quick soup, spicy and sour, 湯水, 直播, 辣豆板醬, 酸辣湯, 鎮江醋

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Gigi Lam
Gigi Lam
3 years ago

5 stars
Yummy