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Good evening, all. 'Tis the season to be feeling crummy (thanks, crappy weather!), and I'm itching for some good hot-and-sour. My favorite local Chinese restaurant was closed today, much to my dismay. As I sit here shivering, snotting, coughing, what I really want is some good soup. I'm ready to play the Little Red Hen card and say, "I'll make it myself." I know I can surf the web for H&S recipes, but truly I'd rather come to SF for its advice. Whatchagot? God bless America. | ||
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Weren't you the guy who just wanted to mope around and do nothing?  Q | |||
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I LooOOOOOOOOooove hot n sour soup. This is the first time it ever occurred to me that you could make your own at home. ____________________ | |||
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I have cookbooks at home but have not made it for myself. Just leaving work now. Might be an hour. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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I love it, but the extremely high amount of salt and MSG the restaurants put in it do a number on my stomach. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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Yes. And you're quite welcome to come over and make hot and sour for me if you've got a good recipe. I'll sit my happy butt in the recliner. 
Ex-Mrs used to make it. It was way good. God bless America. | |||
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Here's mine. It started out as a Martha Stewart recipe but I tweaked it quite a bit HOT AND SOUR SOUP 8 cups chicken stock 6 oz. Pork Tenderloin (sliced and julienned 1 Tbs hot sesame oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 8-10 dried shiitake mushrooms 5-6 dried wood ear mushrooms 1 tsp. Grated fresh ginger ¼ tsp. Cayenne pepper 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper ½ tsp. Salt 8 oz. Can slice bamboo shoots, julienned 1 8 oz can sliced water chestnuts 2 Tbs. Red chili / garlic paste 5 tbs cornstarch ½ cup soy sauce ½ cup + 2 tbs rice wine vinegar 2 eggs, beaten 3 scallions, thinly sliced 7 oz. Firm tofu, cut into ½ in. cubes Cover mushrooms with boiling water and let stand for at least 30 minutes. When re-hydrated, slice shiitakes into ¼ in. slices. Cut wood ears into ¼ by 1 in. strips. In a large saucepan, heat the sesame oil over med-low heat. Add garlic and sauté 4-5 minutes. (Do not burn). Add mushrooms and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes, add chicken stock, ginger, red and black pepper, salt, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and garlic paste, Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer about 5 minutes. Place cornstarch in a small bowl, slowly whisk in soy sauce until cornstarch has dissolved, whisk in vinegar. Slowly whisk cornstarch mixture into soup. Simmer until soup is clear, 5-7 min. Add pork and continue simmering for about 2 min. Turn off the heat and drizzle the beaten egg in small thread into soup. Let soup stand for 1 minute while egg cooks, then gently stir. Add scallions and tofu. | |||
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Looks good to me, olfuzzy, thank you! Seems I need to go to the store tomorrow.  God bless America. | |||
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If I recall, SC has one also. But I keep forgetting to try it. | |||
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OK the way I do mine is chicken stock lime juice(no vinegar at all) chinese 5 spice(about 1/4 teaspoon) sliced bamboo shoots white pepper (a few dashes) chili paste(not the southwestern kind, the chinese kind) sliced tofu(extra firm)( cut them into long square planks) 1-2 beaten egg sliced baby corn chopped scallions garlic powder a few mushrooms soy sauce(1/4 cup or so) Corn starch to thicken base stock. It's basically egg drop soup that got stuff added to it. Here's how you make the egg drop soup. Link to original video: https://youtu.be/G6IL4iqzTcE  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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I just want to thank you for posting this recipe, we made it tonight and it was great. __________________________ Keep your rotor in the green The aircraft in trim Your time over target short Make it count | |||
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Glad you enjoyed it  | |||
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And I still need to get to the grocery store. Stinkin' flu...  God bless America. | |||
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This popped up in my FB feed today http://www.seriouseats.com/201...food-lab-recipe.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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