Hot And Sour Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked
• 4 ounces cooked chicken or 4 ounces lamb
• 1 cake tofu
• 2 ounces bamboo shoots, drained
• 1 tablespoon cornflour
• 1 pint chicken stock or 1 pint water
• 1 tablespoon chinese rice wine or 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• salt
• 2 spring onions, thinely slced

Recipe

• 1 drain and squeeze the mushrooms and thinly slice them discarding the hard stalk.
• 2 thinly slice the bamboo shoots, tofu and chicken or lamb.
• 3 mix the cornflour with 1 1/2 tbsp water to make a paste. set asaide.
• 4 bring the stock to a rolling boil and add the mushrooms, tofu bamboo shoots and chicken. bring back to a boil and simmer for 1 minute.
• 5 add the soy sauce, wine and vinegar.
• 6 bring back to a boil and add the paste add the peppe and season with salt.
• 7 serve hot and sprinle the spring onions.