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Chinese Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

This Chinese Hot and Sour Soup is a lean, mean, flavor-packed machine. It’s full of Asian veggies that are cooked in a delicious broth with a spicy kick.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 5
Calories 85 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 5 cups unsalted fat-free chicken broth
  • ½ cup sliced mushroom
  • 1 tsp minced ginger
  • 4 oz 113 g cooked chicken breast strips
  • cup canned bamboo shoots cut into strips
  • ¼ cup rice vinegar
  • ¼ cup less sodium soy sauce
  • ½ tsp hot sauce or to taste
  • ¼ cup chopped scallion
  • cup fresh snow pea pods
  • 1 egg white or whole egg (lightly beaten)
  • pepper to taste
  • some chopped scallion for garnishing

Instructions
 

  • Combine chicken broth, mushroom, and ginger in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.
  • Add in chicken strips, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Add in bamboo shoots and simmer for another 5 minutes.
  • Add in vinegar, soy sauce, and hot sauce, and bring to the boil again.
  • Add in scallion and snow peas and cook for another minute.
  • Off the heat, then stir in the beaten egg slowly.
  • Season to taste with pepper and garnish with extra chopped scallion, serve hot.

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Nutrition

Calories: 85kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 12gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 768mgPotassium: 389mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 130IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg
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