Ingredients for Hot & Sour Soup

Series Summary

With its signature infusions of soy sauce and five spice powder, Chinese food has been making its way around the globe for more than 50 years. In a relatively short amount of time, China’s light-yet-hearty rice and noodle recipes have become a favorite for many people outside of China. Though some would say that sharing the recipes to these dishes has only produced imitations of the true Chinese culinary experience, ultimately, just as whales gather barnacles while traveling the oceans, food adopts some of the characteristics of its local environment. And recipes migrate where they will, with little respect for national and international boundary lines, since their only currency is taste, their only homeland, the palate.

One Chinese dish that seems to be increasing in popularity is hot and sour soup. Whether it's eaten as a lunch, an appetizer, or to clear out the sinuses, this spicy soup is sure to grow on anyone's taste buds. In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to make hot and sour soup from start to finish. You'll begin with the ingredients, which include bamboo shoots, pork, tofu, and mushrooms, move on to slicing and dicing, and eventually start cooking and seasoning your soup. The whole recipe is here, including when to add soy sauce and other sauces, and how to thicken the soup. You don't have to order takeout anymore to get terrific Chinese food. Just make it at home with these video instructions!

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Hiu on behalf of Expert Village I'm going to show how to make hot and sour soup. The ingredients for the soup includes 1 medium or large chicken egg, 3 little bamboo shoots from can. If you can find fresh bamboo shoot you can also use that. Four ounces of pork and then we would have around 1/2 a package of soft tofu, around 7 ounces. We would have 4 slices of Cloud Ear fungus, around 1 ounce of dry shiitake mushrooms, 1 slice of ginger. You don't have to peel the ginger. Also we need 4 cups of chicken broth or stock. "