Vegetarian Hot and Sour Soup
For home cooks:
You can order products online from
Starport Gourmet, Walmart and Amazon.
Vegetarian Hot and Sour Soup
Serves: Family
Ingredients
| ½ C | Hot and Sour Soup Concentrate (GF) |
| 5 C | Water 8 oz. Tofu, firm, drained and diced ¼” |
| 1 oz | Wood ear mushrooms, sliced (hydrated weight) |
| 6 oz | Straw mushrooms, canned Cut in half lengthwise |
| 3 oz | Bamboo shoots, sliced 1/8” match sticks |
| 1½ Tbsp | Cornstarch mixed with 1½ Tbsp. water |
| ½ C | Green onions, chopped for garnish |
| ½ C | Cilantro, chopped for garnish |
Instructions
- Soak wood ear mushrooms in warm water about an hour or more until fully re-hydrated. (may be substituted with fresh white or shiitake mushrooms)
- Slice re-hydrated wood ear mushrooms then boil about 5 minutes until tender, drain and set aside.
- Dice firm tofu to ¼” cubes. (Cut tofu slab into eight ¼” slices. Cut each slice into three lengthwise strips. Cut each strip into eight cubes.)
- Slice bamboo shoots into matchsticks.
- Mix 1½ Tbsp. cornstarch with 1 ½ Tbsp. water and set aside.
- Add 5 C. water in a large pot then add in wood ear mushrooms, straw mushrooms and bamboo shoots and bring to a boil on medium high heat.
- Stir cornstarch mixture and slowly add into pot, stirring constantly until thickened. (Corn starch mixture quantity may be varied to gain desired consistency)
- Add in diced tofu and stir gently until boiling.
- Add in the Hot and Sour Soup Concentrate and remove from heat as soon as the soup comes to a boil. (Over-cooking Hot and Sour Soup Concentrate reduces the sourness of the vinegar).
- Option: More water or Hot and Sour Soup Concentrate may be added to soup to adjust desired hot and sour flavor.
- Garnish with green onions, cilantro, and serve.
For home cooks:
You can order products online from
Starport Gourmet, Walmart and Amazon.
