Authentic Taiwan Hot and Sour Soup Recipe – Eating China

Ingredients

• 4 dried shiitake (black) mushrooms
• 1 dried wood ear
• 120 grams lean pork, julienned
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 300 grams regular tofu, cut into 1 cm cubes
• 150 grams congealed pig's blood, cut into 1 cm cubes
• 7 cups chicken stock
• 3 large slices of ginger
• 1/2 cup carrots, julienned
• *1/2 cup bamboo shoots, julienned
• 1/2 cup white rice vinegar
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 11/2 teaspoons chilli sauce
• 31/2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed in a small amount of water
• 1 egg white
• 4 spring onions, finely chopped