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

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. Cut mushrooms, leeks, and ham into thin strips.

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. 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

[buzzard33]

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]

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