Recipe: Perfect Mike&#39;s Chinese Hot And Sour Soup

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Mike's Chinese Hot And Sour Soup. The traditional hot and sour soup recipe call for Chinese dry shiitake mushroom. Soak the mushrooms in water until it is fully hydrated and become very soft and easy to cut. The time required varies from an hour to two or three hours, as it depends on the thickness of the mushrooms.

It makes a great appetizer as the palate is stimulated or awakened by its spiciness In a chinese banquet, a variation of a hot and sour soup is usually served as the first dish or second dish.

The slightly thickened consistency adds to its charm.

Hot and sour soup can be found on any takeout menu or Chinese buffet line in the US.

You can cook Mike's Chinese Hot And Sour Soup using 27 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mike's Chinese Hot And Sour Soup

It’s of ● For The Hot & Sour Soup.
It’s 5 Cups of Chicken Or Beef Stock.
Prepare 1 1/2 Cups of Precooked Shreaded Chicken, Beef Or Pork [packed].
Prepare 1/4 Cup of Bamboo Shoots [drained - thin sliced].
Prepare 1/4 Cup of Water Chestnuts [drained - minced].
It’s 1/4 Cup of Shiitake Mushrooms [small chop - or, white & brown].
It’s 6 oz of Firm Tofu [1/2" chop].
It’s 2 tsp of Fine Minced Fresh Ginger.
It’s 1 of [or 2 - your call] LG Eggs [beaten].
It’s 2 tbsp of Rice Wine Vinegar.
Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of Sriracha Chile Sauce.
It’s 3 tbsp of Soy Sauce.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Brown Sugar.
It’s 1 tsp of Sesame Seed Oil.
You need 1/4 tsp of Chinese 5 Spice.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Red Pepper Flakes.
Prepare of ● For The Thickener.
Prepare 2 tbsp of Corn Starch + 2 tbs Water [more if you want her more viscous].
Prepare of ● For The Sides & Garnishments.
It’s as needed of Fresh Chives [minced].
Prepare as needed of Fresh Cilantro Leaves.
Prepare as needed of Thai Chilies [fine minced - optional].
You need as needed of Crispy Chow Mein Noodles.
It’s as needed of Soy Sauce.
You need as needed of Chile Sauce.
It’s of ● For The Options.
You need 1/8 Cup of Dried Roasted Nori [aka dried seaweed - rough chopped].

It ranges in quality and flavor from awesomely delicious to lukewarm, tasteless, and gloopy.

There was a time when I never thought to make it myself and resigned myself to the luck of the draw when it came to ordering it.

Traditional hot and sour soup is actually incredibly easy to make as well.

Hot and sour soup is a new discovery for me, but I love it.

Mike's Chinese Hot And Sour Soup instructions

Chop your veggies. Heat everything in the Hot & Sour Soup section for 20 minutes. Stir regularly. At 20 minutes in, add your whisked egg[s] and stir constantly until eggs are fully cooked. Then, while soup is at a steady simmer, add your corn starch and water mixture slowly. Shell thicken up quickly as she bubbles away. Add more corn starch and water if you'd like her a bit thicker. ● P.S., this is the actual color of soup below. The kiddos somehow ended up taking darker faced photos upon down lighting with the other pictures..
Brown, white, oyster or Shiitake mushrooms really do make this dish! Your choice! Just dice!.
For The Sides & Garnishments. Thai Chilies, fresh Cilantro leaves and chopped Chives..
Dried Roasted Nori. To taste. Definitely consider this addition!.
Fresh crunchy Chow Mein Noodles are always a must atop this flavorful dish!.
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Serve Hot & Sour Soup with the fresh garnishments listed. Especially the fresh Cilantro. It really does make the dish! Serve soup piping hot with fresh, crunchy Chow Mein Noodles and Soy Sauce. Enjoy!.

I've never tried making it before, but this recipe seems doable.

I hope it's like the kinds I so want to try this!

I love hot and sour soup…when we order Chinese, I always order it.

I have never attempted making it though…it's a lot easier than I.

The flavors are balanced and fresh, and the acidity functions as an accent, not a one-note blast.