Hot and Sour Soup
Ingredients:
6 dried wood/tree ear or cloud ear mushrooms
6 dried dried shiitake mushrooms (aka Chinese black mushrooms)
8 dried lily buds
4 cups Chinese Superior Stock (see below) or chicken broth or chicken stock or vegetable broth
1 (8-ounce) can bamboo shoots, drained and sliced thinly
8 ounces firm tofu, drained and sliced in 1/4-inch strips
4 tablespoons Chinese black vinegar
1 tablespoon Sambal Oelek Ground Fresh Chili
3 tablespoons Psycho Soy
2 teaspoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed into 2 tablespoons water
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon ground white pepper
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 teaspoons Extravagonzo Red Chili Culinary Oil
4 green onions sliced
- Pour 1 cup boiling water over the wood ear and shiitake mushrooms and soak until tender, about 15 minutes, before slicing them and reserving the water.
- Pour 1 cup boiling water over the lily buds and soak until tender, about 15 minutes, before slicing them and discarding the water.
- Bring the broth, reserved mushroom water, mushrooms, lily buds, pork, bamboo shoots, tofu, vinegar, Sambal Oelek Ground Fresh Chili, Psycho Soy and sugar to a boil in a large sauce pan over medium-high heat, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Mix in the cornstarch and water mixture and simmer until the soup thickens a bit, about 2 minutes.
- Slowly pour in the eggs in a small stream while stirring the pot, to get long thin streams of egg in the soup.
- Mix in the sesame oil, Extravagonzo Red Chili Culinary Oil, white pepper and green onions, remove from heat and enjoy!
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