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Vegetarian Chinese Hot and Sour Soup

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Vegetarian Chinese Hot and Sour Soup

Chinese hot and sour soup

Chinese Hot and Sour Soup is a light meal or accompaniment eaten any time of day. My Taiwanese roomate in college used to prepare this hot and sour soup recipe for breakfast on occasion, and I heartily ate it up! This recipe is both vegetarian and vegan. Hot and sour soup is somewhat light, so feel free to add in some fried tofu or seitan.
See also: More vegetarian soup recipes

Ingredients:

  • 6 cups vegetable broth
  • 2 cups mushrooms, sliced (Chinese wood ear mushrooms or shiitake are best)
  • 1 small can bamboo shoots
  • 1 small can water chestnuts
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp hot sauce
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup scallions (green onions), sliced
  • 2 tbsp chili oil

Preparation:

Bring vegetable broth to a simmer and add all the ingredients, except the scallions and chili oil.

Allow to simmer for at least 20 minutes.

Add the scallions and simmer for about 5 more minutes. Stir in the chili oil.

Add additional soy sauce, hot sauce or vinegar to taste.

Enjoy your vegetarian Chinese hot and sour soup!

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User Reviews

 5 out of 5
AWESOME, Guest B

This was a great recipe. I couldn't find any chili oil at the local Walmart so I ended up using Sriracha hot sauce for both the oil and hot sauce. In the future I'll likely add a bit of corn starch or flour to thicken it up. Adding 1/2 pound of sprouted super firm tofu gave an already hearty soup even more heart. I ended up with just under 3 quarts of soup at what I figured out to be roughly $2.30 per quart. Being a vegetarian college student and finding such a low priced, healthy and easy to prepare meal was quite a pleasant surprise. Not to mention it's one of my all time favorite Chinese dishes, but priced at $6/Qt at my local eateries. Once again it is a very delicious and simple meal to make for anyone, vegetarian or not, no one will turn it away.

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