Hot and Sour Soup

Name: Hot and Sour Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ⅓ cup mushrooms; ⅓ cup wood ear mushrooms; ⅔ cup tofu; ½ cup pork; 1 ¼ cups chicken stock; ½ tsp salt; ¼ tsp sugar; 1 tsp sesame seed oil; ¼ tsp pepper; ½ tsp hotsauce; ¾ cup vinegar; 1 tsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp cornstarch; 2 tbsp water; ¼ cup green onions

A Chinese dinner made with pork. Ready in about 40 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

15 minPrep (about)
25 minCook (about)
40 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 14 people +

Changed from 4 to 14 people · Back to 4

Main ingredient

1 ¾ cups pork Shopping tip: Pork shoulder (Boston butt), cut in cubes.

Fresh & other

1 ¼ cups mushrooms
1 ¼ cups wood ear mushrooms
2 ¼ cups tofu
4 ½ cups chicken stock Shopping tip: Chicken broth (carton or can), or a chicken bouillon cube in hot water.
1 tsp sugar
1 ¾ tsp hotsauce
3 ½ tbsp cornstarch
⅓ cup + 2 tbsp water
1 cup green onions Shopping tip: Green onions (scallions).

Sauces & oils

1 tbsp sesame seed oil
2 ¾ cups vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce

Spices & seasonings (2): salt, pepper

1 ¾ tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

STEP 1 - MAKING THE SOUP.
In a wok add chicken broth plus wait for it to boil.
Add soy sauce, vinegar, hot pepper sauce, white pepper, sesame seed oil, sugar and salt.
Stir for few seconds.
Add Tofu, mushrooms, black ear mushrooms to the wok.
To thicken the sauce.
Whisk 3 ½ tablespoons of cornstarch plus ⅓ cup + 2 tbsp of water in bowl and slowly add to your soup till it's the right thickness.
Add 1 egg a bit beaten with a knife or fork.
Add it to the soup.
Stir for 8 seconds.
Serve the soup in a bowl.
Add your bbq pork and sliced green onions over the top.