Hot and Sour Soup

Name: Hot and Sour Soup
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 cups water or Chinese-style chicken or pork stock; 1/4 cup soy sauce, or more to taste; 1/4 cup white vinegar, or more to taste; 2 teaspoons ground white pepper, or to taste; 4 dried shiitake mushrooms, reconstituted and sliced; 1 small block medium or firm tofu, cut into strips; 1/2 cup wood ear, cut into strips; 1/2 cup bamboo shoot strips; 1/4 cup pork strips (see note); 1/4 cup cornstarch, mixed with 1/4 cup water to make a slurry; 3 eggs, beaten; Sesame oil; Chopped onions, for garnish, optional; Chopped cilantro, for garnish, optional

Hot and Sour Soup was pinched from <a href="http://www.pbs.org/food/recipes/hot-and-sour-soup/" target="_blank">www.pbs.org.</a>

"Hot and Soup Soup are Asian soup recipes whose ingredients create a sour and spicy flavor. The Chinese version has a meat base with peppers and vinegar...."

INGREDIENTS

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8 cups water or Chinese-style chicken or pork stock

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1/4 cup soy sauce, or more to taste

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1/4 cup white vinegar, or more to taste

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2 teaspoons ground white pepper, or to taste

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4 dried shiitake mushrooms, reconstituted and sliced

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1 small block medium or firm tofu, cut into strips

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1/2 cup wood ear, cut into strips

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1/2 cup bamboo shoot strips

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1/4 cup pork strips (see note)

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1/4 cup cornstarch, mixed with 1/4 cup water to make a slurry

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3 eggs, beaten

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Sesame oil

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Chopped onions, for garnish, optional

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Chopped cilantro, for garnish, optional

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