Hot and sour soup recipe



Recipe for hot and sour soup in our easy vegetarian recipes collection.

Recipe ingredients

  • 1/4 pound pork loin, shredded pork
  • 3 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon sherry
  • 2 dried black mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup dried wood ears
  • 1/4 cup dried lily buds
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1/2 cup bamboo shoots, shredded
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 2 to 4 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon white pepper, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup low-fat firm tofu, cut in 1 inch cubes
  • 1/4 egg substitute, two egg whites equals 1/4 cup egg substitute
  • Tabasco sauce to taste, optional
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons chopped scallions

How to make hot and sour soup

  • Mix the pork with sherry and 1 teaspoon of the corn starch.
  • Cover and soak wood ears, mushrooms, and tiger lilies with boiling water for 15 minutes.
  • Slice the mushrooms and wood ears into strips.
  • Mix the remaining cornstarch with the 1/2 cup of cold water and set aside.
  • In a large soup pot, bring chicken broth and soy sauce to a simmer.
  • Add the pork, mushrooms, wood ears, tiger lilies, bamboo shoots, and light soy sauce and cook for about 5 minutes.
  • Add vinegar, white pepper and tofu.
  • As soon as the soup begins to boil, stir in the well stirred cornstarch mixture until the soup thickens.
  • Add the tabasco sauce, if using.
  • Mix in the beaten eggs, stirring constantly.
  • Taste the soup and adjust the vinegar, tabasco, soy sauce and white pepper combination to your taste.
  • Add the sesame oil and scallions.

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