Hot and Sour Soup
Ingredients
- 8 cups vegetable broth
- 1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms, thinly-sliced, stems discarded
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon chilli garlic sauce
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 large eggs, whisked
- 8 ounces firm tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Set aside 1/4 cup vegetable broth.
- In a large stock pot, stir together remaining broth, mushrooms, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic chilli sauce.
- Heat over medium-high heat until simmering.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup broth and cornstarch until smooth.
- Stir slurry into simmering broth and stir until soup is thickened (about 1 minute).
- While stirring, drizzle in eggs in a thin stream to make egg ribbons.
- Stir in tofu, green onions, sesame oil, salt, and pepper.
- Serve immediately.
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