Hot and Sour Soup

Add spice to your life on a rainy day by making Hot and Sour Soup to warm you up! Hot and Sour Soup can be made a variety of ways by changing simple ingredients or adding your own flare! This recipe serves 4.

Ingredients

• 4 cups low-salt chicken broth
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 cup uncooked, deveined, peeled medium shrimp
• 1/2 cup diced mushrooms
• 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/3 cup thinly sliced bamboo shoots
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 3 ounces diced tofu
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 Birdseye chili sliced length wise or diced

Preparation

1. Slice shrimp in halves lengthwise.


2. In a 2 quart saucepan, add chicken broth, soy sauce, mushrooms, and garlic. Bring to simmer and let continue simmering for five minutes.


3. Add bamboo shoots, white pepper, tofu, and vinegar. Optional: Add half Birdseye chili to taste, and save remaining half for garnish. Let simmer for another five minutes.


4. Add shrimp halves. Simmer another 3 minutes.


5. Slowly add beaten eggs to soup, stirring in same direction several times to let egg cook.


6. Remove from heat, garnish with remaining Birdseye chili and serve immediately.

Variations

• Substitute water for low–salt chicken broth.
• Substitute chili flakes or your favorite chili seasoning for Birdseye chili. Add to taste.
• Add freshly squeezed lemon juice to taste.
• For heartier meal, add cooked noodles.
• For vegetarian soup, do not add shrimp.
• Garnish with cilantro leaves.
• Disregard beaten egg.