Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Hot and Sour Soup!

This is one of my favorite recipes. It is super easy (shock), and also a perfect meal for one person. It's a great brothy soup for a sore throat day. It also makes a great side dish for a fried rice or stir fry.

It can be as complex as you'd like to make it, and it really is a kitchen sink soup. There's not much that can't go in it!

basics:
1 cup water (if using bouillon)
veggie broth or veggie bouillon
onion
carrot
celery
egg
soy sauce
red pepper flakes
rice vinegar

put everything in a pan except the egg, bring to a boil, let simmer until carrots are tender, crack the egg directly into the simmering liquid, cover and let sit for about 4 minutes while egg cooks. Or you can stir while you slowly pour in the raw egg and get ribbons.
top with green onions

You determine the hot and sour based on the amount of red pepper flakes and rice vinegar.

add ins:
mushrooms
edamame (or any other beans)
tofu
noodles
bean sprouts
water chestnuts

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