From nancyaery@hotmail.com Mon Sep 17 15:51:51 2001 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:36:14 -0700 From: Nancy Newsgroups: alt.food.asian Subject: Mandarin Hot & Sour Soup * Exported from MasterCook * Mandarin Hot & Sour Soup Recipe By : Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Soups Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 8 C Soup stock -- 6-8 cups 1/2 Square bean curd -- (optional) 3 Ea Dried black mushrooms -- 2-3* 4 Ea Dried wood ears -- (optional)* 1 Sl Cooked pork -- shredded** 1 T Chili oil -- (optional) 3/4 Ts Salt 1/2 Ts Sugar 2 Ts Eggs -- lightly beaten 1/4 Lb Pork -- lean 1/4 C Bamboo shoots -- shredded 2 Tb Button mushrooms -- sliced 2 Stalks green onion -- chopped 4 Tb Vinegar 1/4 Ea Hite pepper 1/2 Ts Sesame oil 1 Tb Soy sauce 3 Tb Cornstarch -- in 3 t water * Soaked and shredded. ** Optional Bring soup stock to a boil, add shredded pork, black mushrooms and wood ears. Cook 2-3 minutes. Add remainder of ingredients and seasonings (except cornstarch, eggs, and green onion) reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Thicken with cornstarch and turn off heat. Slowly pour in beaten eggs in a thin stream while stirring. Serve immediately. Garnish with green onion. If soup is to be prepared ahead of time, do not add cornstarch and eggs until serving time. Otherwise the egg will be overcooked and spoil the appearance. Soup should be quite hot and sour. Adjust the hotness with varying amount of white pepper and the sourness with different amounts of vinegar. Recipe by: (Wendy Lockman) Posted to EAT-L Digest , converted by MM_Buster v2.0l. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nancy