Homemade Hot and Sour soup
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
- 1 green onion chopped
- 2-3 tomatoes diced
- ½ cup rehydrated wood ear mushroom optional
- ½ pack of enoki mushrooms
- ½ block of medium or soft tofu sliced
- 4 cups water
- 1-2 egg beaten
- 1-2 hot dog or chicken wieners julienned optional
Soup seasoning
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- ¼ cup Chinese black vinegar
- 1 tsp ground white pepper
- ¾ tsp salt
Instructions
Prep
- Put dried wood ear mushroom into warm water for 5 minutes
- Cut the scallions, cut tomatoes into chunks and set aside
- Cut tofu and wood ear mushroom into strips, set aside
- Wash and separate the enoki mushroom, set aside
- Crack and beat an egg into a bowl.
Cooking the soup
- On medium high heat, in a pot, add some oil and add in the scallion to stir fry for 1-2 minutes
- Add in the tomatoes and add salt. Stir fry until the juices started to come out of the tomatoes (3-4 minutes)
- Add in water.
- Then add in tofu, enoki, wood ear mushroom.
- Add in black Chinese vinegar, soy sauce and white pepper.
- Let it come to a boil (4 minutes)
- Once it's boiling, let it boil for about 1-2 minutes then add in beaten egg.
- Once the egg is cooked then it ready.
- Optional: if you want the soup to be thicken, then mix about 1 tsp of corn starch with 2 tbsp of water. Add to the soup to thicken.
- Add a bit of chopped scallions to garnish and serve.