Hot and Sour Chicken Soup | Chicken Hot and Sour Soup Recipe
Hot and Sour Chicken Soup Recipe, as the name suggest this soup has a spicy and tangy taste which makes it so addictive. Delicious peppery soup made with chicken, mixed vegetables, ginger, garlic cooked in a hot and sour broth. Comforting soup which nourishes the soup on a cold winter's day.
Start by making the broth. Take all ingredients given for the broth in a bowl. Mix well. Taste and adjust vinegar, soy sauce, sugar and chilli paste to your taste. Set aside till use.
Before making the soup. Mix cornstarch with water to form a slurry. Set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs till mixed. Set this aside till use.
Now let's make the soup. Heat oil in a stock pot or casserole. Add in ginger, garlic and spring onion whites. Saute for 1 minute till fragrant.
Add in vegetables. I used carrots, capsicum, cabbage, mushrooms. Stir fry the vegetables with ginger and garlic for 1 more minute.
Pour the mixed hot and sour broth over the veggies and bring it to a full boil.
Once the broth reaches a boil. Add in shredded cooked chicken and tofu cubes. Simmer the flame and let it warm through for couple of minutes in the broth.
Now add in the cornstarch slurry and mix gently. The soup will thicken immediately.
Reduce the flame to low. Drizzle in the beaten egg little at a time and gently mix. The eggs will form a ribbon like texture.
Now turn off the flame, add in spring onion greens and drizzle with some toasted sesame oil. Serve hot.
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Notes
I used cooked chicken breast which I chopped into small pieces. You can use a rotisserie chicken as well. Any leftover chicken meat can be used.
You can use any vegetables as you prefer. Add more or less as you like. Baby corn, bamboo shoots can be used.
This soup taste has to be tangy and spicy, so taste the broth and adjust accordingly.
To get restaurant style taste, add MSG | ajinomoto for taste.
I used 2 beaten eggs in the soup which resulted in thick soup. If you want slightly thinner consistency, add 1 beaten egg.
Toasted sesame oil enhances the flavour, if you don't have that use regular oil.