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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is our family's favourite hot and sour soup. In Canada, we have a grocery chain called Loblaws that publishes a booklet called the Insiders Report. This is from an issue many years ago. Feel free to adjust ingredients to personal taste. This makes a big potful of soup. Number of servings and prep. time are estimated. Ingredients:
8 cups chicken stock |
3/4 lb uncooked chicken, thinly sliced |
1/2 lb extra firm tofu (i like to add the entire pound) |
6 mushrooms, thinly sliced |
1 tomato, diced |
2 carrots, matchsticks |
1 tablespoon sugar |
1 tablespoon soy sauce |
2 tablespoons thai sweet chili sauce (to taste) |
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar |
1 tablespoon sesame oil |
3 tablespoons cornstarch |
3 tablespoons cold water |
3 green onions |
coriander (optional) |
Directions:
1. Boil stock and add chicken.
2. Add tofu, mushrooms, tomato, carrots and simmer for about 10 minutes, until chicken is cooked.
3. Add sugar, soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, vinegar and sesame oil.
4. Combine cornstarch and water.
5. Bring soup to a boil.
6. Add cornstarch mixture to soup mixing constantly. Simmer for 1 minute.
7. Add green onions.
8. Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with coriander and serve.
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