Hot And Sour Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 6 cups chicken stock
• 1/4 lb julienned lean lamb or 1/4 lb chicken
• 2 tablespoons garlic and red chile paste
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 5 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 cup sliced shiitake mushroom
• 1 (15 ounce) can peeled straw mushrooms
• 1/2 ounce dried black fungus (soak in water for an hour before using)
• 1 (7 ounce) can sliced bamboo shoots
• 1 (7 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts
• 1 (15 ounce) can baby sweet corn cobs
• 1/2 lb soft tofu, sliced into 1/4 inch cubes
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• finely chopped scallion (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 bring stock to a simmer, add soy sauce, lamb, mushrooms& chile paste, simmer for 10 minutes.
• 2 add meat, pepper, vinegar, bamboo, baby corn, water chestnuts, fungus and tofu, simmer 10 min mix cornstarch with 5 tbsp water and add.
• 3 bring back to a simmer and pour the eggs in a very thin stream over the surface.
• 4 let stand for 10 seconds before gently stirring in the sesame oil.
• 5 serve with a garnish of chopped scallions.