Hot-Sour Soup

Photo: flickr user Koramchad

Ingredients

3 Or

4 Dried black mushrooms

pound Lean pork

2 Bean curd cubes

1 Scallion

1 Egg

2 tablespoons Cornstarch

cup Water

5 cups Stock (see recipe)

1 cup Mushroom soaking liquid

1 tablespoon Sherry

2 tablespoons White vinegar

-(up to)

1 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Soy sauce

teaspoon Pepper

3 dshs Sesame oil, more or less

Preparation

Soak dried mushrooms. Reserve soaking liquid.

Sliver mushrooms, pork and bean curd. Mince scallion. Beat egg lightly. Blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste.

Bring stock and mushroom-soaking liquid to a boil. Add pork and mushrooms and simmer, covered, 10 minutes.

Add bean curd and simmer, covered, 3 minutes more.

Stir in sherry, vinegar, salt, soy sauce and pepper. Thicken with cornstarch paste.

Slowly add beaten egg, stirring gently once or twice. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with sesame oil and minced scallion.

VARIATIONS: For the pork, use half white-meat chicken and half pork.

For the white vinegar, substitute wine or cider vinegar, or lemon juice.

For the sesame oil, substitute Tabasco Sauce.

In step 3, add with pork and mushrooms, 1/2 cup bamboo shoots, slivered; or 4 cloud-ear mushrooms and 1/4 cup lily buds (both soaked and cut in half).

Omit vinegar and pepper. (It's then called "Mandarin Soup.")

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Tags:

chinese

Asian

China

oriental

soup

Yield:

4.0 servings

Added:

Friday, February 12, 2010 - 2:43pm

Creator:

Anonymous

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