Chinese Style Sour Pork Soup Recipe (Hot and Sour Pork Soup)
Chinese style sour hot pork soup recipe; It is a hot soup balanced with soy sauce, vinegar and white pepper and thickened with tofu and vegetables. In this recipe, you'll prep the ingredients, bind the soup with starch, then add the egg mixture in thin strips.
Ingredients
1. For the soup
2. 3/4 cup finely chopped bamboo shoots
Step-by-Step Method
Prepare ingredients
Finely chop the carrots, slice the mushrooms, drain the bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. Cut the tofu into small cubes. Beat the egg(s) in a bowl.
Boil some
Take broth (or water) into the pot. When it comes to boiling, add soy sauce and white pepper and stir.
Add vegetables and tofu
Add carrots, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and tofu into the pot. Cook over medium heat for 8–10 minutes until the vegetables soften.
Cook if using pork
Add the pork in thin strips. Boil for 3–5 minutes until it changes color and is fully cooked.
Thicken soup
Dilute the corn starch with 3–4 tablespoons of cold water. Slowly pour the mixture into the pot, cook for 1–2 minutes, stirring constantly; Let the soup thicken slightly.
Adjust sourness
Add white vinegar. Taste it; If you want, you can balance it with a little more vinegar or soy sauce.
Strip egg
Run the beaten egg into the pot like a thin string while gently stirring and swirling the soup. Wait 30–60 seconds; Let egg strips form.
Serve
Turn off the stove. Add the spring onion and let it rest for 1 minute. Serve hot; If you want, you can sprinkle extra white pepper on it.