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Hot & Sour Chicken Soup

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Hot & Sour is the only soup which I order all time…We will go to a near by restaurant often and I will order this soup along with crispy fish fingers..Hmmm…This taste so awesome..I love adding egg and chicken in this soup..I love the taste of it..But if you wish you could make it entirely vegetarian..Skip the chicken and egg part in this recipe and add lots of vegetables…

I made this a while before and served it with some crispy chicken croquettes(remember the recipe)..This was our dinner that day..It rained heavily that day and soup with fried chicken croquettes made us so comforting and cozy..So with no more delay..I am giving you the step by step recipe with pictures..
Ingredients:
Chicken-1/2 kg
Carrot – ½ cup shredded
Cabbage – ½ cup shredded
Egg-1
Tomato Ketchup – 1 tblspn or to taste
Soy Sauce – 1 tblspn or to taste
Vinegar – 1 tsp or to taste
Red Chilli Paste – 1 tsp or to taste
Ginger Garlic Paste-1 tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar-1 tsp
Pepper to taste
Cornflour-1 tblspn mixed with some cold water
Butter -1 tblspn
Cilantro – as needed
Method:
Take some water in a sauce pan and bring that to boil..Add in the chicken and cook until it is cooked all the way through..Remove that and allow it to cool down..Chop it finely and set aside.
Now drain the stock through a fine sieve and take it in a bowl..Add red chilli paste, soy sauce, vinegar, tomato ketchup in this stock and mix well.Set this aside for a moment.
Now melt some butter in a sauce pan..Add in ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 min.
Add in carrot and cabbage and mix well..Cook this for 5 mins.
Pour the stock over the veggies and mix well.
Season with salt and sugar and mix well..
Now add in the chicken pieces and mix well..Simmer this for 10 mins..
Add in the cornflour slurry slowly in this and keep mixing until the soup thickens..
Drizzle in one beaten egg and mix well..Off the flame immediately..
Garnish with fresh cilantro and mix well.
Serve hot..


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Pictorial:
Take all your ingrediants
poach chicken in water
cook untill done
remove and let it cool a bit
chop in to small pieces
remove and set aside
now take the stock and drain it
drained
add all sauce into the stock
all mixed in
melt some butter
add in ginger and garlic paste and veggies
and saute well
pour the stock in
season with salt  and pepper
add in some sugar too..
bring this to a boil
add in chopped chicken …Cook for 10 min…
Pour in the corn flour slurry
Beat a egg untill mixed
pour the egg over the soup
and mix well
garnish with cilantro
and serve
You could add sauces according to your taste..
Enjoy
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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  5. Ann from Sumptuous Spoonfuls

    Oh I love hot and sour soup … I order it every time I go to a Chinese restaurant, but I've never tried to make it! Thank you for the step by step instructions to make it 🙂

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  18. Manju

    Hi Aarthi,
    Though this recipe doesn't use chicken broth I hv some at home and now I know how to make use of it…that soup looks very tempting n there's nothing better than a nice bowl of hot soup during this cold weather.

    Thanks a lot for visiting my space and I am a regular visitor of your blog and I love and admire the time and patience you put to take the step by step pics 🙂

    See you again..
    Manju
    http://manjuseatingdelights.blogspot.com

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  25. Ann

    This sounds delicious! I always wondered what was in hot and sour soup! Now I will be happy to order it when we're out at an appropriate restaurant – AND I can make it!

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  40. Anonymous

    Hi aarthi, i made this soup in a big pot with 1.5 kg chicken. Got a bit generous with the sauces snd i thought i addded too much vinegar. But my husband totally loved it. Thank you so much for all your recipes. I only recently stumbled into your website and i should admit that i m addicted to it. Every day i visit it and for almost every dish that i make now, i refer your recipe. your simplified steps and pictures inspire me to cook more. God bless you!
    Jay

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