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Hot and Sour Soup

Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

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Restaurant Style Hot and Sour Soup Recipe | How to make popular Chinese Hot and Sour Soup(Vegetarian)
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Appetizer, Soups
Cuisine Indo-Chinese

Equipment

  • Wok/Kadhai/Pan
  • Knife
  • Laddle
  • Chopping Board
  • Measuring Spoons and Cups

Ingredients
  

  • ½ Finely Chopped Onion
  • 7-8 Garlic Cloves
  • ½" Fresh Ginger piece
  • 1-2 Green Chillies optional
  • 1 cup Cabbage finely chopped/shredded
  • 1 medium Carrot finely chopped
  • 5-6 French or Green Beans finely chopped
  • 5-6 Button mushrooms roughly chopped
  • 1 Spring Onion(white) finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp Spring Onion(greens) finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp Coriander Stems Finely chopped or use celery stick
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Coriander(Cilantro) finely chopped for garnish
  • 1 tbsp Black Pepper freshly ground
  • 1 tsp Sweetener (brown sugar, jaggery, maple. honey)
  • Salt as required
  • 1 tbsp Sesame Oil or any plant based oil like Olive Oil

Sauces

  • 1.5 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
  • 2 tsp Vinegar Rice/Apple Cider/Pomegranate
  • 1-2 tbsp Chilli Garlic Sauce /Siracha , use as required
  • 2-3 tsp Cornstarch/Cornflour
  • Water/ Vegetable Stock  

Instructions
 

  • Wash and clean the vegetables.
  • Finely chop ginger, garlic and green chillies(if using). I did not add green chilies.
    7-8 Garlic Cloves, ½" Fresh Ginger piece, 1-2 Green Chillies
  • Finely chop and keep the vegetables ready.
    1 medium Carrot, 5-6 French or Green Beans
  • You finely chop or shred the cabbage in food processor. Chop mushrooms.
    1 cup Cabbage, 5-6 Button mushrooms
  • In a wok/kadhai heat oil and add finely chopped onion and spring onion (whites).
    ½ Finely Chopped Onion, 1 tbsp Sesame Oil, 1 Spring Onion(white)
  • Sauté for few seconds and then add chopped ginger, garlic and coriander stems.
    1 tbsp Coriander Stems
  • Sauté till garlic starts turing light brown.
  • Add the chopped veggies (carrots, beans) and sauté on high flame for few seconds.
  • Add cabbage and sauté for another few seconds. Now add mushrooms. Add mushrooms in the last as it leaves lot of water when cooked.
  • Add the water or vegetable stock. Let it boil
    Water/ Vegetable Stock  
  • Make cornstarch slurry. Add 1/4 cup water.
    2-3 tsp Cornstarch/Cornflour
  • Add the sauces, salt and sugar.
    1 tsp Sweetener, 1.5 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce, 1-2 tbsp Chilli Garlic Sauce, Salt
  • Give the soup a nicely boil till it starts to thicken and gets a glossy shine.
  • Add black pepper powder, chopped spring onions.
    1 tbsp Spring Onion(greens), 1 tbsp Black Pepper
  • Before serving add chopped fresh coriander leaves.
    1 tbsp Fresh Coriander(Cilantro)
  • You can also top with chilli oil or sesame oil or very little chilly vinegar.

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Notes

You can omit mushrooms if you are allergic or do not like it. 
Add Paneer or Tofu(Vegans) to add protein in soup. 
You can also add boiled or crispy fried noodles(wheat/rice or millet based) in the soup. Adjust the sauces and pepper/green chilies and chilli sauce as per your taste and heat tolerance.
You can increase or decrease the quantity of vegetables used in the recipe. We like finely chopped vegetables in our soup. you can shred the veggies and add to your soup. 
Add 1 tsp more cornflour if you like thick soup. We don't like very thick soup as it looks like gravy or some Chinese Manchurian gravy. 
In the recipe I have add Pomegranate Vinegar, add any Vinegar of your choice. 
 
Keyword Hot and Sour Soup(Vegetarian), Restaurant Style Hot and Soup Soup
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