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You need to prepare Meat and Vegetables.
You need to prepare cooking oil (not olive oil).
Provide Chicken or pork, thinly sliced (cooked or raw, optional).
You need chopped mushroom, fresh.
You need carrot, julienned or sliced thin.
You need to prepare shredded cabbage (optional).
Prepare soy sauce.
Prepare Thai pepper, whole or chopped (optional).
Prepare or.
You need red pepper flakes.
Prepare Broth.
You need chicken stock or broth.
You need soy sauce.
Provide vinegar such as apple cider, white, or rice.
You need extra firm tofu, cut into bite size pieces..
You need cornstarch.
Use water.
You need Finishes.
You need to prepare eggs, beaten.
You need white pepper (optional).
You need sesame oil (use a quality brand).
You need green onion, fresh, sliced.

In all cases, the soup contains ingredients to make it both spicy and sour. Hot and sour soup recipe with step by step photos. This is a spicy, sour and hot vegetable soup from the Indo Chinese cuisine. Come winters and we really look forward to having hot bowl of soups in the season, even though we are not much of soup lovers.

Meat and Vegetables: Heat the oil in a medium saucepan on high heat. Note: olive oil has a much lower smoke point than other oils. Not recomended. Note: if using cooked meat, skip to step 2. Add meat if raw. Cook and stir for about 5 min or until mostly done..
Note: If you want to reduce the heat, wait to add thai pepper or red pepper flakes until step 7. Add mushroom, carrot, cabbage, and Thai pepper or red pepper flakes. Cook for another 5 min or until carrots are softened slightly..
If using cooked meat, add now. Add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce. Stir until the mixture is coated with the soy sauce..
Add chicken broth or stock..
Note: Read this step completely before doing it. Add remaining soy sauce and vinegar, one tbs at a time, alternating between soy sauce and vinegar. Taste after each tablespoon addition to ensure that the flavor is to your liking. It should have a balanced flavor between salty and sour (you should be able to taste both equally). Adjust as necessary by adding more or less soy sauce or vinegar..
Combine cornstarch and water in a separate bowl or cup..
Add tofu and cornstarch/water mixture. If you haven't aready, add the Thai pepper or red pepper flakes now for less heat..
Bring to a full boil. The broth will thicken slightly..
Critical step: After it reaches a boil, remove from heat for about 30 seconds. While stirring slowly, slowly drizzle the beaten eggs into the soup. Note: if the broth is too hot, the eggs will overcook and disintegrate, making a milky broth instead of long ribbons like it's supposed to. Don't worry, it still makes a tasty soup, although the presentation won't be as great..
Keep the heat off, but finish the soup by adding the sesame oil and white pepper. Stir to blend..
Provide sliced green onion for garnish. Serve..

Chinese Hot and Sour soup broth is made with chicken stock which is flavoured with typical Asian ingredients such as soy sauce, sugar, pepper and ginger. The sourness comes from plain white vinegar. Some recipes use Chinese black vinegar or rice vinegar, but I honestly think white vinegar. I love hot n sour soup but I really didn't like this recipe. The soup seemed to have a dirt taste to it.

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