Hot and Sour Soup

Title:
Hot and Sour Soup

Yield:
8 Servings

Categories:
Appetizers,
Soups,
Chinese,
Tofu,
Vegetarian




Ingredients:





     4 c  Boiling vegetable broth


     1 oz Dried shiitake mushrooms


     4 c  Water


   1/2 lb Chinese firm tofu


          Soy sauce


   1/4 c  Apple cider vinegar


     1 tb Soy sauce


   1/2 ts Black pepper


   1/2 c  Cold water


     2 tb Arrowroot


   1/2 ts Toasted sesame oil


          Slivered green onions






 Bring 4 cups of vegetable broth to a boil.  Turn off heat and add


 dried mushrooms.  Cover and allow to soak about 20 minutes.  Drain


 mushroom soaking water into a large pot and add 4 cups of water. Turn


 on heat to bring liquid to a boil.  As liquid is heating, cut stems


 off mushrooms and cut mushrooms into very thin slivers.


 


 Cut tofu into very thin matchstick slivers and pour a little soy


 sauce on top of them.  When liquid comes to a boil, reduce heat to


 medium, add slivered mushrooms and allow to  simmer about 10 minutes.


 Then add slivered tofu and simmer another 5 minutes.  Add next 3


 ingredients and, in a little cup, quickly dissolve arrowroot in the


 cold water. Add to ingredients in pot and stir constantly till the


 arrowroot thickens. (As the soup thickens, it will become clear


 again. It should take only 20 to 30 seconds after liquid comes to a


 boil for the arrowroot to thoroughly thicken.) Cover and turn off


 heat. Add sesame oil. The soup should be served immediately, topped


 with slivered green onions. Makes eight 1 cup servings.


 


 Kathy Hoshijo, "Kathy Cooks -- Vegetarian, Low Cholesterol"  Posted by


 Karen Mintzias


 


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