I use about two tablespoons of bamboo shoot slices. You may also be able to get it online.Ĭut the bamboo shoot into thin slices.
I am using the vacuum pack bamboo shoot imported from China, but I know that some places sell it in cans. Bamboo shootīamboo shoot is the essential ingredient of hot and sour soup. Cut the mushrooms into thin slices as the dry shiitake, minus the steps of soaking it. The best alternative is button mushrooms. You can use fresh mushrooms as a substitute. You can also use some store-bought chicken stock to enhance the taste. Use it as part of the liquid to make the soup. Tips: the water for soaking the mushrooms has loads of flavor. Remove the stem, and cut the mushroom into thin slices. (Note: they will not be ‘over-soaked‘) Otherwise, soak the mushroom in hot water to speed up the process. If you have enough time, soak it in advance or even overnight. The time required varies from an hour to two or three hours, depending on the mushrooms’ thickness. Soak the mushrooms in water until it is fully hydrated and become very soft and easy to cut. The Szechuan hot and sour soup recipe call for Chinese dry shiitake mushroom. Here is a list of the common ingredients for this soup. However, tofu, mushrooms, egg, and wood ear fungus can be found in almost every recipe. Just add more of the other ingredients slightly.Īnother version of the hot and sour soup with egg drops Step two- Preparing other ingredients
You can omit the meat for a vegetarian version. I am using this method in my Szechuan hot and sour soup recipe. Marination enhances the flavor of the meat, and the cornstarch can make the velvety meat smooth. You only need to marinate the small pieces of pork for fifteen minutes. The second method is to cut the raw meat into the julienne and marinate it with light soy sauce, oil, and cornstarch.Place the meat on the chopping board and cut it into julienne. Remove the pork from the pot, and keep the water as the stock for making the soup. You can put the whole piece of meat into the boiling water and let it boil until it is cooked. There are two ways to prepare the meat.Use the pork loin and breast if it is chicken. You need some lean meat to make this soup. Note: Hot and sour soup is also translated as Sweet and sour soup in some English recipes. I may receive commissions for purchases made through links in this post. Note: This post may contain affiliate links.
#Sweet and sour soup recipe how to
Let’s take a look at how to prepare the Chinese hot and sour soup in detail: It is way better than many substandard hot and sour soup that is merely a tasteless, gloopy mess of cornstarch paste. This Szechuan hot and sour soup recipe is very close to the original hot and sour soup in Northern China, although I have left out ingredients such as ‘black tofu’ (see section 2 below), which is too exotic for most people. Make it at home to warm your family (and their hearts) with this utterly delicious soup with the iconic flavors of Northern Chinese cuisine. You only need twenty minutes to prepare it. The flavor becomes even more complex with the inclusion of bamboo shoots, dry mushrooms, and wood ear fungus and finishes with a beaten egg poured high above the soup to form multiple small egg ribbons floating on the thick soup. Chinese hot and sour soup 酸辣湯 is a traditional northern Chinese favorite packed with the acidity of Zhenjiang vinegar, the white pepper’s spiciness, and the sesame oil’s nuttiness.
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