Hot and Sour Soup

Hot and Sour Soup
Restaurant style is always too thick, and contains barely any veggies, etc. In less than 20min, you can easily create a pot for the whole fam!

Ingredients

-onions, thinly sliced

-garlic, minced

-ginger, grated

-cabbage, thinly sliced

-carrots, shredded

-black wood ear (hei mu er), thinly sliced

-tofu, small rectangled 

-egg, scrambled

-broth

-water

-dark soy sauce

-rice vinegar (white or dark)

-salt

-white pepper

-starch (corn, or other) thickening agent

1.     Saute onions and garlic and ginger

2.     Add water, broth, cabbage, carrots, black wood ear mushrooms, and tofu

3.     Bring to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes

4.     Bring back up to a boil

5.     Add soy sauce

6.     Make a roux with cornstarch, or other thickening agent, to your desired thickness

7.     Drizzle the scrambled egg in to make ribbons, just before turning off heat

8.     Add vinegar and white pepper to taste, or have each individual add to their own serving to taste.