HOT AND SOUR SOUP RECIPE

This restaurant-style Hot and Sour Soup recipe is the best!!  It’s quick and simple to make, easy to adapt to your personal taste preferences, and so delicious!

Traditional hot and sour soup is actually incredibly easy to make as well.  And the bonus of making it at home is that it’s also incredibly easy to customize to your taste.  Like it extra hot?  Add in more chili garlic sauce.  Like it extra sour?  Add in more rice wine vinegar.  Like it vegetarian?  Make it with tofu.  Like the meat version?  Just add in some pork.

Trust me, this is one of those restaurant recipes that will taste just as good at home.  And it’s guaranteed to warm you up in the most delicious of ways.

I highly recommend using shiitake mushrooms for this recipe if you want it to taste ultra-authentic.  But if you can’t find any, baby bella or white button mushrooms will totally work too.

HOT AND SOUR SOUP RECIPE
This classic Chinese hot and sour soup recipe is quick and easy to make, full of delicious flavor, easy to make vegetarian (with tofu!) or with pork, and it totally rivals any soup I’ve tried at a Chinese restaurant!



INGREDIENTS:

• 8 cups chicken or vegetable stock
• 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms (or baby bella mushrooms), thinly-sliced with stems discarded
• optional: 1 (8-ounce) can bamboo shoots, drained
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar, or more to taste
• 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 2 large eggs, whisked
• 8 ounces firm tofu*, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 4 green onions (scallions), thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• Kosher salt and black pepper 

INSTRUCTIONS :

1. Set aside ¼ cup of the chicken or vegetable stock for later use.
2. Add the remaining 7 ¾ cups chicken or vegetable stock, mushrooms, bamboo shoots (if using), rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, ginger and chili garlic sauce to a large stock pot, and stir to combine.  Heat over medium-high heat until the soup reaches a simmer.
3. While the soup is heating, whisk together the ¼ cup of stock (that you had set aside) and cornstarch in a small bowl until completely smooth.  Once the soup has reached a simmer, stir in the cornstarch mixture and stir for 1 minute or so until the soup has thickened.
4. Continue stirring the soup in a circular motion, then drizzle in the eggs in a thin stream (while still stirring the soup) to create egg ribbons.  Stir in the tofu, half of the green onions, and sesame oil.  Then season the soup with salt and black pepper (or white pepper) to taste.  If you’d like a more “sour” soup, feel free to add in another tablespoon or two of rice wine vinegar as well.  Or if you’d like a spicier soup, add in more chili garlic sauce.
5. Serve immediately, garnished with the extra green onions

Recipe Adapted : HOT AND SOUR SOUP RECIPE @ gimmesomeoven