Hot And Sour Soup Betty Foo Hunan Restaurant Food

MADAME WONG'S HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• Put mushrooms and fungus into separate bowls.
• Cover each with boiling water.
• Let soak 3-4 hours, or overnight (to be honest, I let them soak about 15 minutes but I'm writing the recipe the way Madame Wong wrote it).
• Remove stems from mushrooms.
• Remove woody parts from fungus.
• Separately cut mushroms, fungus, pork and bamboo shoots to fine julienne.
• Mix pork with salt and cornstarch in a bowl.
• Heat wok and add a dash of oil, stir-fry pork until color changes.
• Bring chicken stock to a boil in a large pot.
• Add mushrooms, fungus, pork and bamboo shoots.
• Stir constantly.
• Add soy sauce, pepper, and vinegar.
• Thicken with dissolved cornstarch, stirring constantly over moderate heat.
• Add bean curd, bring to a boil.
• Turn off heat.
• Add beaten eggs.
• Stir quickly 30 seconds.
• Add sesame oil.
• Garnish with scallions and serve hot.
• Note: add more vinegar and pepper if a spicier taste is desired.
• Note#2: This can be prepared in advanced up to adding the bamboo shoots, or frozen after adding the soy sauce, pepper, vineagar and thickening with the cornstarch.
• Bring to room temperature and complete.

HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• Soak wood ear mushrooms in hot water for 30 minutes.
• Drain and julienne the mushrooms after removing tough center/core of each mushroom.
• In a wok, over medium heat, add oil.
• Season pork with salt and pepper.
• When the oil is hot, add the pork and chopped white onions and stir fry for 2 minutes.
• Add all mushrooms, bamboo shoots and bean curd.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Sauté for 2 minutes.
• Add the stock and bring to a boil.
• Reduce to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.
• Dissolve the cornstarch in water.
• Stir the cornstarch mixture into simmering liquid.
• Bring back to a boil and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to a simmer and add the soy sauce and rice vinegar.
• In a wide circle, stir in the beaten eggs.
• Stir gently until the eggs are cooked.
• Season the soup with Tabasco sauce to desired hotness.
• Reseason soup with salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve in bowls, topping with green onion tops and crispy noodles (fried strips of wonton wrappers) if desired.
• Notes------------.
• The Tabasco provides the hot, adjust quantity added according to taste.
• More can be added at the table to allow for additional heat as desired!
• The rice vinegar provides the sour;, so add more as needed until desired tartness is achieved.
• The more soy added, the darker the overall color of the broth, but as it is high in sodium, add more in small quantities and taste accordingly, until desired flavor results.
• White pepper can be substituted for the black pepper.
• Although the fresh ground black pepper more strongly flavors the soup overall than the white pepper does.
• Can be made vegetarian by eliminating the pork strips.

HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat in saucepan until hot.
• Add garlic, ginger, scallions and pork. Break up the pork into smaller pieces with a spoon. Cook for about 3 minutes stirring occasionally
• Add the chicken stock and bring to a simmer.
• Add the tofu, mushrooms, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, black pepper, sesame oil and Sriracha sauce sauce. Bring soup back to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cook for about 15 - 20 minutes or until pork is cooked through and vegetables are cooked to your liking.
• Taste the soup - if you want it more sour, add more rice vinegar. If you want it hotter, add more Sriracha sauce.
• Reduce heat to medium and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk the eggs until blended.
• While the soup is at a steady simmer, slowly whisk in the eggs so they form strands.
• Bring soup back to a simmer.
• Divide the soup into 4-6 bowls, and garnish each with a little sesame oil, scallion and black pepper. Serve hot.

HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine broth, soy sauce, pepper, and water.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Add mushrooms. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until tender.
• Meanwhile, whisk together vinegar and cornstarch in a small bowl.
• Add vinegar mixture to the pot and simmer, stirring, for about one minute or until thickened.
• Add egg through a slotted spoon while stirring.
• Stir in tofu.
• Remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 minute.
• Press ginger through a small sieve to release juice into the soup. Discard solids.
• Sprinkle with scallions and serve.

HUNAN HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• Bring stock to a boil over medium-high heat in a 2 1/2- to 3-quart saucepan.
• Add garlic, ginger, black pepper, and tamari.
• Reduce heat and simmer 1 minute.
• Add mushrooms, tofu, cabbage, carrots, peas and meat.
• Stir and let simmer 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in vinegar, mirin and cornstarch mixture.
• Continue cooking until soup is thickened, about 1 minute.
• Add chile paste/sauce to taste.
• Remove soup from heat.
• Slowly pour in beaten egg and stir.
• Garnish with green onions or cilantro and serve immediately.

TOFU HOT-AND-SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• Soak mushrooms in hot water about 20 minutes or until soft; drain. Rinse with warm water; drain. Remove and discard stems; cut caps into thin strips.
• Heat mushrooms and remaining ingredients except tofu to boiling in 4-quart Dutch oven; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in tofu. Cover and simmer 3 to 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.