Hot And Sour Egg Flower Soup

Recipe Ingredients

3		Dried black mushrooms
1		Dried wood ear mushroom
1 oz	28g	Dried bean thread noodles
		= (abt 1/2 a small package)
4 cups	948ml	Chicken stock
		= (or canned chicken broth)
3 oz	85g	Lean pork - cut thin strips
1/4 cup	27g / 1oz	Carrot in thin strips
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sliced preserved vegetables - (optional)
7 oz	198g	Soft tofu - drained, and
		Cut into 1/4" strips - (abt 1/2 pkg)
3 tablespoons	45ml	Distilled white vinegar
3 tablespoons	45ml	Soy sauce
		= (or 2 tbspns regular soy sauce
		Plus 1 tbspn dark soy sauce)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chili garlic sauce
2 teaspoons	10ml	Sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Freshly-ground white pepper
2 tablespoons	30ml	Cornstarch - dissolved in
3 tablespoons	45ml	Water
1		Egg - lightly beaten
2		Green onions - trimmed, and
		Cut diagonally into thin strips

Recipe Instructions

Pour enough warm water over the black and wood ear mushrooms in a medium bowl to cover them completely. Soak until softened, about 20 minutes. Drain the mushrooms. Cut off and discard the black and wood ear mushrooms stems. Slice the black mushroom caps and wood ears thinly.

Pour enough warm water over the noodles in a separate bowl to cover completely. Soak until softened, about 10 minutes. Drain completely and cut the noodles into 4-inch lengths.

Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a large saucepan. Stir in the wood ear, black mushrooms, pork, carrot and preserved vegetables and simmer for about 2 minutes.

Stir in the noodles, tofu, vinegar, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, sugar and pepper. Simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes. Pour in the dissolved cornstarch and cook, stirring, until the soup boils and thickens. Pour in the egg slowly, stirring the soup in a circular direction to create 'egg flowers.'

Ladle the soup into a tureen or individual serving bowls and scatter the green onions over the soup.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
MARTIN YAN'S CHINATOWNS with Martin Yan - (Episode: Tofu, Sweet Tofu) - - from the TV FOOD NETWORK CANADA

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