3 hot sour hunan Recipes

vegetable stock or 6 cups chicken stock, garlic cloves, minced, gingerroot, minced, black pepper, tamari, shiitake mushrooms or 8 button mushrooms, stems removed, thinly sliced, firm tofu , sliced into 1/4 x 1 inch strips (0.5x2.5cm), napa cabbage, shredded (300g), carrot, thinly sliced, frozen peas (70g), rice vinegar, mirin (chinese cooking wine), cornstarch , dissolved in, cold water, egg, well-beaten (optional), green onion, chopped (90g), cilantro, chopped (9g), cooked chicken or 1/2 lb pork, cubed, hot chili paste (optional) or 1 tsp chili sauce (optional)

dried lily buds (day lilies), dried mushroom ( wood ears or tree ears ), firm tofu , julienned (this will usually be 1 block or cake of tofu), pork , finely julienned (see comments for vegetarian alternative), eggs, lightly beaten, bamboo shoot , julienned (canned or fresh), cornstarch, water, distilled white vinegar, sugar, soy sauce (see comments), salt, garlic powder (see comments), cayenne pepper, ground, white pepper, ground, chicken broth (see comments for vegetarian version), scallions, finely chopped, gingerroot, finely chopped, sesame oil (optional, made from toasted sesame seeds preferred )