Hot & Sour Soup is a must have Chinese restaurant style soup. It is super easy to make, and can even be quickly made during your busy weeknights.
Hot & Sour Soup
By author | Dish Ditty Recipes |
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons Cornstarch
- 1/2 cup Water
- 32oz Chicken Broth
- 3 cups Water
- 3 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Dark Soy Sauce
- 2-4 cups Mushrooms (sliced)
- 1 cup Marinated Pork (thick ground or sliced into thin strips)
- 8-10oz Bamboo shoots (rinsed)
- 1 packet Firm or Medium Tofu (diced)
- 6 tablespoons Vinegar (white or rice wine)
- 1/2-1 teaspoon White Pepper (to taste)
- 2 Eggs (beaten)
- 2 Green Onions (chopped for garnish)
Note
Traditionally black mushrooms are used for this soup, however, my husband really doesn't like them (and doesn't like mushrooms at all), so I just use the white mushrooms since they are easier to remove.
If you want to use the black mushrooms, they come dried and you need to rehydrate them with water for many hours. Then slice them into thin strips.
Directions
Whenever I go to a new Chinese Restaurant, I order a couple classic dishes to see if the restaurant will be one that I will return to or if I will stay away for good. Hot & Sour soup is one of those dishes that I judge a restaurant on.
For those unfamiliar with this Chinese soup, it is what it advertises. It is spicy and slightly sour (from the vinegar). To me it reminds me of a polish soup that my Grandma and mom used to make called Czarnina (pronounced ‘Chinina”) which a Polish soup that also uses vinegar as a flavor enhancer.
This is the perfect soup for serving at your next dinner party too… Talk about a crowd pleaser. You’ll impress your guests.
So, try it and Enjoy!
