Hot and Sour Soup Recipe: A Healthy Soup With Hearty Ingredients

Ingredients

• Chicken : skinless and boneless chicken breasts. You can use rotisserie chicken and bone-in cuts as well.
• Tofu : soft tofu, not firm tofu. The silky soft texture of soft tofu is more suitable for this soup.
• Veg : sliced button mushrooms and shredded carrots. We shredded our carrots with a mandoline.
• Seasoning : ginger, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, vinegar, pepper, and sesame oil. For the ‘hot’ element we used pepper flakes, but you can go for cayenne, tabasco, or any spicy condiment you fancy.
• Broth : chicken broth or vegetable broth, but must be unsalted.
• Thickener : cornstarch. We mixed our cornstarch with water before adding it to the soup to avoid lumps.
• Egg : one beaten egg.
• Herbs : scallions. If possible, use cilantro too—its aroma complements the soup nicely.