Hot And Sour Soup - Szechuan


Course : Chinese
Serves: 8
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Ingredients:


3 medium dried wood ears

20 medium dried tiger lily buds

3 cups hot water

1/4 pound pork butt

-----marinade-----

1/2 teaspoon dry sherry

1/2 teaspoon cornstarch

1 teaspoon sesame oil

-----soup-----

1 1/2 cups chicken stock

5 cups water

1 teaspoon salt

2 ounces fresh mushrooms -- - sliced or

1 1/2 ounces sliced mushrooms -- drained

1/4 cup sliced water chestnuts

1/4 cup shredded bamboo shoots

2 tablespoons fresh carrot -- shredded

1 piece bean curd -- thinly sliced (3 inch)

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon vinegar

5 tablespoons cornstarch

5 tablespoons water

1 large egg -- - beaten

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon white pepper

1 tablespoon sesame oil
 

Preparation / Directions:


Soak wood ears and lily buds in 3 cups hot water for 15 minutes; remove woody stems from both; shred wood ears with a cleaver. Slice pork into thin strips; chop strips into shreds; Combine marinade in a small bowl; add pork, mix well; let stand 15 minutes. Combine chicken stock, 5 cups water and salt in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to medium; add mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, carrot, wood ears and lily buds; simmer 3 to 4 minutes; add pork with marinade and bean curd; bring to a boil; add Worcestershire sauce and vinegar. Dissolve cornstarch in 5 tbsp water to make a paste; slowly stir into soup. Cook over medium heat until soup thickens slightly; stir egg into soup; add black pepper, white pepper and sesame oil. Serve hot.


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