Hot and Sour Soup

Hot and sour soup is a dish from the Sichuan cuisine made out of strips of chicken or pork cooked in a thick broth with vegetables like mushrooms, day lily buds, wood ear fungus, bamboo shoots and tofu.

Hot and Sour Soup

Hot and sour soup is a dish from the Sichuan cuisine made out of strips of chicken or pork cooked in a thick broth with vegetables like mushrooms, day lily buds, wood ear fungus, bamboo shoots and tofu. Evident on its name the flavour profile of this dish is hot and sour, it is typically made hot by using red peppers and/or white pepper while the sour notes comes from vinegar. The soup texture is also quite unique as its thick due the use of cornstarch and raw eggs which is added just before serving while the soup is still boiling hot.

Hot and sour may be associated with the Chinese cuisine but since the name is quite broad it encompasses nearly all Asian soups with the same flavour profile and that includes the Vietnamese Canh chua, Thai Tom Yam and the Cambodian Samlor machu pkong to name some. A really healthy and hearty dish, one of the best dishes you can serve during a cold winter night as the sour notes gives that comforting feeling while the spiciness keeps the warmth.

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Hot and Sour Soup

  • Author: Raymund
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 40 mins
  • Total Time: 55 mins
  • Yield: 6 1x
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: Chinese

Description

Hot and sour soup is a dish from the Sichuan cuisine made out of strips of chicken or pork cooked in a thick broth with vegetables like mushrooms, day lily buds, wood ear fungus, bamboo shoots and tofu.


Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. In a large pot bring chicken stock, soy sauce and chili paste to a boil.
  2. Add pork, shiitake mushroom, straw mushrooms and cayenne pepper then simmer for 15 minutes.
  3. Add the pepper, vinegar, bamboo shoots, baby corn, wood ear fungus and tofu then simmer for 10 minutes.
  4. Add the diluted cornstarch, bring back to a boil then simmer until soup is thick. Season with salt.
  5. Turn heat off then pour beaten eggs in a thin stream while mixing.
  6. Add sesame oil and garnish with chopped spring onions, serve.

 

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6 Responses

  1. Karen says:

    One of my favorite Asian soups but one I have not made at home, thanks for the inspiration.

  2. Kristy says:

    I’ve never tried hot and sour soup. Mr. N has and likes it. I think I would too.

  3. Oh, yes, a favourite here – thanks for reminding me about it – haven’t made it in ages.

  4. I’m not feeling the best today, just printed out your recipe and asked Mom to make it for me. Reckon this soup is just the thing to getting better. 🙂 Lovely ingredients, warming comfort food. Cant wait to eat it. 🙂

  5. hmm, comforting and damn delicious!!
    this is very similiar with thin version of Indonesian Pindang Palembang

  6. It’s actually very hard to find the hot and sour soup that I like – some are too sour, some are too thick… yours look really delicious, Raymund!

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