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How to make Sour and Hot Soup (Suan La Tang)

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By lynsuz12
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Sour and Hot Soup just like your favorite Chinese resturant, right in your own kitchen.

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • 2 mushrooms (Chinese, if available)
  • 2 or 3 inch long leek
  • 2 or 3 slices roast ham
  • 5 cups chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup shredded bamboo shoots
  • 12 shrimp, shelled
  • 1-1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch, mixed with 2 tablespoons water
  • 3 eggs
  • 5 or 6 snow peas, strung and cut into thin strips
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons Tabasco
  • salt(optional)
  1. Step 1

    Cut mushrooms, leeks, and ham into thin strips.

  2. Step 2

    Bring chicken broth to a boil and cook mushrooms, leeks, ham and bamboo shoots for 3 minutes. Add shrimp, soy sauce, vinegar and cornstarch mixture; cook for 2 minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Stir in beaten eggs. Add snow peas, pepper, Tabasco and salt.

Tips & Warnings
  • If you use canned broth, do not add more salt.
  • Do not use already cooked shrimp

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buzzard33 said

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on 10/15/2009 One of my favorite soups. I have had, in the last 4 months, 99 quarts of it as of today from my favorite place. I'll keep this one in check. Thanks. 5 blue * and a recom

MotherDove said

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on 1/4/2009 Oh, how I love sour and hot soup! I can't wait to impress myself by making this! Thanks.

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