Hot and Sour Soup

[Barb0522]

5 cups canned no-salt added chicken broth, undiluted
1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 tsp minced fresh ginger
1 (4 oz) skinned and boned chicken breast half, cut into thin strips or may sub pork tenderloin
2 or 3 stalks of bok choy, sliced (optional)
1/3 cup canned bamboo shoots, cut into thin strips
1/3 cup rice vinegar
1/4 c low-sodium soy sauce
1/4 tsp hot sauce
1/8 tsp pepper
1 egg white, lighly beaten (I use 1/4 cup Eggbeaters)
1/4 cup sliced green onions
1/4 cup fresh snow pea pods (frozen works too)
1 Tbls cornstarch (unnecessary, skip this on phase 1)
1/4 cup water (unnecessary, skip this on phase 1)

Combine first 3 ingredients in a 2 quart saucepan; bring to a boil. Add chicken or pork tenderloin; simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes. Add bamboo shoots and bok choy if using; simmer 5 minutes. Add vinegar and next 3 ingredients; bring to a boil. Drizzle egg white into soup, sitrring constantly. (Lacy strands will form.) Stir in green onions and snow peas. Combine cornstarch and water (phase 2 only); stir into soup mixture. Bring to a boil; boil 1 minute, stirring gently. Serve immediately.

[Jennie527]

Wow, thanks Barb! This sounds awesome! My DH is gonna go nuts over this!

[cottagebythesea]

Thanks, Barb, for posting this! I love Hot & Sour Soup, and plan to make this a lot. I'm going to sub some Firm Tofu for the chicken, especially when Lent starts, and use vegetable broth instead.

[djmommy]

This may be a dumb question but what is hot sauce is this in the asian section?Or is like the red stuff you use in Bloody marys? I am going to make this next week.YUMMY.Thanks

[Barb0522]

It's the same tabasco hot sauce that goes in bloody mary's.

[djmommy]

Thank you so much..Can not wait to try it..