Hot and Sour Soup.

You can have Hot and Sour Soup using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Hot and Sour Soup

1. You need 4 of Dried Chinese fungi (1 oz) wood ears or cloud ears (in produce dept.).
2. It’s 2 Tbsp of canola oil.
3. It’s 1 of ” piece of ginger, peeled ad grated.
4. It’s 2-3 Tbsp of red chili paste, sambal oelek.
5. It’s 8 oz. of button mushrooms, cleaned and sliced.
6. Prepare 1 of small can water chestnuts, sliced and drained.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of canned bamboo shoots, drained.
8. Prepare 1/4 lb. of shredded pork or chicken.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of soy sauce.
10. It’s 1/2 cup of rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
11. You need 1 tsp of salt.
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes.
13. You need 1 tsp of ground white pepper.
14. It’s Pinch of sugar.
15. Prepare 2 quarts of chicken stock, hot.
16. Prepare 1 of square firm tofu, drained as cut into 1/4” strips.
17. Prepare 3 Tbsp of cornstarch w/ 1/4 cup water.
18. You need 1 of large egg beaten.
19. You need of Chopped green onion and cilantro for garnish.

Hot and Sour Soup instructions

1. In a small bowl add the dried mushrooms and pour boiling water over them let sit at least 15-29 minutes to rehydrate. Drain and cut into strips.
2. In large pot put chicken stock to heat up..
3. Heat wok or large skillet with sides. Add the oil to heat on medium high..
4. To the hot oil add the finger, chili paste, wood ears, button mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and meat. Cook for 1 minute to infuse flavors..
5. Next combine soy sauce, vinegars, salt, red pepper flakes, white pepper and sugar. Pour into pan and stir everything together. Will smell amazing!.
6. Add in the hot chicken stock, bring to boil and then simmer for 10 minutes..
7. Add in tofu and cook for 3 minutes m.
8. Combine cornstarch and water to make a slurry. Add to soup and simmer until it thickens..
9. Remove pot from heat and with a spoon swirl soup in 1 direction and add in beaten egg which should cook immediately. Stir to blend egg..
10. Garnishes.
11. Serve soup topped with garnish..