I make the best hot and sour soup

[cantdrv55]

Ok, let’s call it mild and sour soup since I don’t do spicy. Regardless, my soup is the bomb. Three kinds of mushrooms, veggie broth and super firm tofu. Vash says it needs green onions, cilantro and spice. I’ll try it cilantro next time but I don’t do onions either. I still say it’s the bomb.

[stevej37]

ok

[RWebb]

where is the recipe?

and how is your back?

[1990C4S]

I will take my strong back and poor culinary skills any day thank you.

[Yorkie]

From the look of yours, I think I would prefer mine as I add, along with the things you mentioned, shredded chicken, green onions, a LOT of black pepper and an egg. A couple of teaspoons of oyster sauce adds some richness. But hot and sour soup, however it is made, is a a wonderful thing.

[Tobra]

I like the hot and sour, I need to go to The Mandarin and get some. Wife likes the wonton soup and non-spicy something else.

[LWJ]

I NEED THE RECIPE.

Awesome.

[RSBob]

So you post this and no recipe?

That’s like taking grandchildren to the ice cream store and bragging they sell the best ice cream in the world, but you can’t have any. Really?

[cantdrv55]

Guys, I’ve modified this recipe quite a bit because I don’t do meat, heat, onions and a lot of other spices but here’s the base recipe

https://thewoksoflife.com/hot-sour-soup/

[javadog]

Vash is right about the green onions and spices. A little drizzle of Chianking vinegar at the end wouldn’t hurt. Some freshly ground pepper, too.

I’ve never understood how people can’t take the mild heat associated with white or black pepper. I had a friend that would declare something too spicy if you parked a pepper shaker near his food.

[tabs]

No.you dont.

[vash]

Here is my humble version. Spent a decade chasing my stepdads version. Mine has a tiny bit of meat. And it’s pretty peppery.

[dad911]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

Guys, I’ve modified this recipe quite a bit because I don’t do meat, heat, onions and a lot of other spices but here’s the base recipe

https://thewoksoflife.com/hot-sour-soup/

My favorite 'take-out' version is NLA. They were busted picking up roadkill(deer). Serious.

Next best was in Amsterdam. Cleared the sinuses for a week.

vash - recipe?

[craigster59]

I love hot and sour soup. This is my go to recipe, I sometimes substitute thin center cut pork chops for the chicken breast...

My Life as a Mrs. » Hot and Sour Soup: Fake-Out Take-Out

[stealthn]

I love it too, but I found bamboo shoots hard to get unless it’s a Chinese holiday. Wood ear fungus was also a hunt but did find it at a oriental market. The secret is to use all Chinese ingredients, not just the bulk stuff at the grocery store.

I modified the recipe, but this is the one I make: https://youtu.be/FMnDWdbT31s

[javadog]

If you’re going to cook any Asian food, buy all of the ingredients at an Asian market. There is nothing sold in a western grocery store that I would use for Asian cooking.

[vash]

Originally Posted by javadog

If you’re going to cook any Asian food, buy all of the ingredients at an Asian market. There is nothing sold in a western grocery store that I would use for Asian cooking.

ketchup. hahha..its what i use to taint my sweet and sour sauce reddish. for sweet and sour chicken.

[javadog]

I use finally ground Korean red chili powder. It adds the red color, but not as much chili heat as other ground red chilies.

[vash]

i heard a great red color can be found in those flat disc chinese candies. i think they are sour plum disc? i remember eating them as a kid. havent seen them in decades.

[javadog]

Never tried that. I do go through a buttload of the Korean chili powder though.

There is some bizarre candy in Asia, I should probably buy some the next time I go to the Asian market, to see if I remember eating it as a kid.