Hot Spicy Soup Food

CHINESE SPICY HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• Soak the dried mushrooms and tiger lily buds in warm water for 20 minutes. After trimming off any tough stems, slice the mushrooms. With the fingers, shred the tiger lily stems.
• Place the mushrooms, tiger lily buds, stock, bamboo shoots, and shredded pork into a saucepan. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Stir in soy sauce, sugar, salt, white pepper, and vinegar. Combine cornstarch with 3 tablespoons water. Add a little of the hot soup to the cornstarch, and then return all to the pan. Heat to boiling, stirring. Add the bean curd, and cook 1 to 2 minutes.
• Just before serving, turn off the heat. Stir the egg in gradually. Mix in sesame oil. Sprinkle each serving with scallions.

HOT AND SPICY FISH SOUP

Steps:

• Put the first 13 ingredients (to the cumin) into a large stockpot. Bring to a boil.
• Simmer gently 5 or 6 mnutes.
• Cut the fish into 2 inch pieces and add to broth. Simmer for an additional 8 minutes.
• Add cilantro, hominy, butter and HEAT gently.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Garnish with fresh cilantro and serve with boiled white rice and lemon slices.

SPICY HOT CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the chicken meat into 1/4" cubes. In a heavy stock pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• When the oil is hot, add the chicken, cooking about 5 minutes stirring frequently. If it sticks or part burns, it just gives the soup flavor.
• Add the onion and garlic. Cook for about 5 more minutes or until everything is browning.
• Add the cayenne pepper and ginger. Go slow with the cayenne pepper, adding a little at first and adding more to taste.
• Stir for about a minute, then add the chicken stock.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for at least 20 minutes.
• In a separate pot, bring pot of water to a boil and cook noodles for 1 minute less than the package directions recommend. Drain.
• turn off the pot of soup and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Only add the noodles to each bowl at serving time. Don't add ahead of time because the noodles will get too soft. Once the noodles are added to the soup, allow to sit for a few minutes for noodles to absorb the flavor of the soup.
• Extra noodles and soup should be stored separately in fridge.

HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• (Ingredient A) Cut the pork loin into fine julienne. Marinate with the light soy sauce, vegetable oil, and cornstarch for 15 minutes.
• (Ingredients B) Soak the dry mushrooms and wood ear fungus until they are soft and fully hydrated. Cut them into fine julienne. Cut three slices of ginger and set aside. Cut the carrots into julienne. Cut the tofu into strips.
• Bring the water to a boil. Cook the meat for half a minute. Then add the remaining ingredients in (B)into the pot and boil for two minutes.
• Add ingredients (C) to the above.
• (Ingredients D) Thicken the soup with the cornstarch slurry (corn starch mix with water), Then follow by adding the beaten egg.
• Remove from heat. Add ingredients in (E). Mix well and serve.

CLASSIC HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• Combine shiitake mushrooms and 3 cups of the chicken stock in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Remove from heat and let stand until mushrooms are tender and broth is flavorful, about 30 minutes. Remove mushrooms and discard stems. Thinly slice caps and reserve. Strain broth through a fine mesh sieve, combine with the remaining chicken stock and set aside.
• In a medium saucepan heat the vegetable oil and, when hot, add the ginger, garlic and crushed red pepper; cook for 2 minutes, or until fragrant. Add the chicken stock and reserved shiitakes and bring to a simmer. Cook for 30 minutes. Add the pork and tofu and stir to combine. In a small bowl or cup, combine the lime juice and cornstarch and stir until smooth. Whisk the cornstarch mixture into the hot soup and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Add the soy sauce and sesame oil and serve the soup, drizzled with hot chile oil, to taste, and garnished with some of the sliced scallions.

SZECHUAN HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Steps:

• Over medium heat in a wok or large skillet add carrots, bamboo shoots, wood ear fungus, shiitake mushroom, dried lily flower and minced ginger.
• Add chicken stock, bring to boil and then simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, bean sauce, white sugar, and salt to taste. Continue cooking for 2-3 minutes.
• Add finely sliced tofu to the pot. Then add pork slices and gently stir until the soup beings to boil again.
• Stir the cornstarch slurry (3 T cornstarch with 3 T water) and then add to the soup. Heat until thickened.
• Keep the soup simmering so it is still bubbling before you add the beaten egg. If not, the soup will turn cloudy when the egg is added. Begin stirring in a circular motion with your soup ladle. Once you get the soup moving in a swirling motion, slowly drizzle the beaten egg into the soup.
• Add black vinegar and white ground pepper then turn off the heat and remove pot from the stove.
• Garnish Szechuan Hot and Sour Soup with chopped green onion, cilantro and drizzle of sesame oil.

SPICY HOT AND SOUR SOUP WITH PORK

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high flame.
• Add the smashed garlic, ginger paste, chili paste, shiitake and oyster mushrooms, and bamboo shoots. Cook 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Mix the soy sauce, vinegar, salt, pepper, and sugar in a small bowl, pour it into the pot. Cook 2-3 minutes to let flavors blend.
• Pour in the chicken broth, bring the soup to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, dust pork with cornstarch. You will probably need about 2-3 tbsp, depending on how much pork you have. Season with a few shakes of white pepper and mix thoroughly.
• Heat a pan with 1 tbsp oil and fry pork until mostly cooked through. It will finish cooking in the soup but you want the outside a little brown. Add to soup.
• If you haven't already, dissolve the 3 tbsp cornstarch in the 1/4 cup water and stir until smooth. Pour into the soup and continue to simmer 5 more minutes, until soup thickens. If using tofu, add at this step.
• Remove the soup from the heat and stir in 1 direction until the soup is spinning on its own. Then, slowly pour in eggs in a steady stream using a fork to stir if necessary to break up pieces. (The egg should be cooked almost immediately.).
• Add scallions and enjoy!

HOT SPICY SOUP

Steps:

• In saucepan bring chicken stock, water, gingerroot, garlic, hot peppers and sugar to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
• Strain through a fine sieve and return to pot.
• Trim dry ends off lemongrass and peel away any tough outer leaves.
• Cut into 1" lengths and add to pot.
• Add fish, corn, mushrooms and green onions.
• Bring to simmer and simmer for 3 minutes or unt9il fish flakes easily.
• Stir in red pepper, coriander, lime rind and juice.

SPICY HOT CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Chop veggies and add to a large soup pot along with tomatoes and juice.
• Add salt or salt substitute, pepper, and oil if desired.
• Add enough water to cover the veggies by an inch or two.
• Bring to a slow boil, then reduce heat to simmer and cook for an hour or until cabbage is very soft and translucent.
• Adjust pepper to desired level of heat. You want a nice "bite" to this.
• Serve in warmed bowls with homeade wheat bread and butter. Great for the sinuses and immune system!

SPICY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a deep pot and dry-fry the chilli flakes for a few seconds until they release their aroma. Then add the olive oil. As soon as it heats up add all the vegetables: potatoes, carrot, swede, celery, and lentils. Also add the garlic granules. Cook until everything is well hot, stirring occassionally so that the vegetables do not stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Add the chicken stock, the milk, the ginger and the salt & pepper. Stir well and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are soft. Blend until smooth using a stick blender. Serve hot.