Chinese hot and sour soup, 酸辣湯
Variations of hot and sour soup can be found throughout southeast asian cuisine. In fact it is even very popular in western countries like the USA as well. I have been asked many times to make a video on hot and sour soup but I took lots of time because I wanted to come up with a recipe that will not disappoint you. This recipe is really easy and the soup tastes amazing! I hope you will all like it. Please have a try and let me know what you think.
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材料:
1. 100 克 = 3.60 oz, 廋豬肉
2. 大約 1 湯匙竹筍絲
3. 2 只冬菇
4. 1 朶木耳
5. 2 片薑
6. 半磚豆腐 ( 150 克 ) = 5. 30 oz
7. 1 只雞蛋加入 1 茶匙水
8. 600 ml = 20 fl oz, 滾水
9. 1/3 茶匙老抽
10. 1 茶匙生抽
11. 3 茶匙李錦記豆辦醬
12. 2 茶匙雞粉
13. 1/2 茶匙糖
14. 3/4 茶匙鹽
粟粉献水:
1. 7 茶匙粟粉
2. 25 ml = 5 茶匙水
湯碗料:
1. 2 條香芫茜
2. 2 茶匙鎮江醋
3. 1 茶匙白醋精
4. 1/3 茶匙白胡椒粉
5. 1/2 茶匙棘椒油
6. 1 茶匙麻油
Ingredients:
1. 100 grams = 3. 60 oz, pork
2. around 1 tbsp strips bamboo
3. 2 chinese dried mushrooms
4. 1 fungus
5. 2 slices ginger
6. half pressed tofu ( 150 grams ) = 5. 30 oz, medium firm
7. an egg add 1 tsp water
8. 600 ml = 20 fl oz, boiling water
9. 1/3 tsp dark soy sauce
10. 1 tsp light soy sauce
11. 3 tsp Lee kum kee chilli bean sauce
12. 2 tsp chicken powder
13. 1/2 tsp sugar
14. 3/4 tsp salt
Thickeren:
1. 7 tsp corn starch
2. 25 ml = 5 tsp water
Soup bowl ingredients:
1. 2 coriander
2. 2 tsp chinkiang vinegar
3. 1 tsp white vinegar essence
4. 1/3 tsp white pepper
5. 1/2 tsp chilli oil
6. 1 tsp sesame oil
Hi Maria, I plan to make the hot and sour soup very soon, but I need to know how many servings for the amounts given for the ingredients, is it one serving or two? Please send the reply to my hotmail address. Thanks
Hi, the soup was one big soup bowl like in the video, I think 3 to 4 rice bowls
Hi Maria,
I will try this menu, thank you and more power.
This is a very good and appetising soup to take with rice and noodles. Thank you Maria for taking so much effort to help us.
Hi Debbie, you are welcome. This soup it bring all my memories of Hongkong ^^
Hi,
What is this “fungus” you are using? Is it a kind of mushroom?
It actually looks like seaweed…
What is its NAME ?
thanks,
Noel
Hi Noel, I used white and black china mushroom fungus. Have a great day ^^
I usually hear that called “wood ear” mushroom, and it is labeled that in the Asian grocers I visit. The other, dried Chinese mushrooms were in a package labeled “shiitake”(in Japanese) and “Dried Mushroom” in English, with a recipe written in Chinese on back.
Hi, I use “wood ear” mushroom, one side is black and other is white colour. Have a great day ^^
When you mention Chicken powder, is that like a dried chicken soup base?
Hi Kay, yes, like chicken bouillon/ stock. Thank you for watching. Have a great day
Hi! What did you use in the pork marinade? sorry I don’t speak cantonese so I did some guessing while watching the video but can you tell me to be sure?
Thank you!
Hi Kristen, for the pork marinade, mostly some wine, light soy sauce, sugar, water, corn starch, oil ect. All videos come with english captions. Please click the CC Button to activate english subtitles. Thank you
Hi Maria ! What can I use instead of chinese fungus?I live in São Paulo (Brazil) and I usually go to two chinese food stores that exist over here but I never saw that fungus…thank you, Glaucia
Hi Glaucia,
Thank you for trying my recipe. If you can’t find it. You can make this soup without it. Have a lovely day
Hi Maria,
I’ve enjoyed your videos about cheung fun and now hot and sour soup! Following your recipe I see the secret ingredient is hot chili bean paste
What a difference it made in my soup — that and soaking the tofu. Please keep posting 
Best wishes from Michigan!
Linda
Hi Linda,
Thank you for watching my videos and your support. I will try my best to make more videos. Thank you. Wish you have a wonderful Chinese New Year !!
Hi Maria
I tried your recipe it turn out marvelous
My children love it
Thank you
Hi How,
You are welcome. Thank you for trying my recipe and it worked out well for your family. I am very happy. Best regards to your children and thank you very much for loving it. Have a wonderful day
Hi, I really like all your videos but unfortunately I don’t understand Cantonese. Is there an English/mandarin version of it?
Hi Lois,
Thank you for liking my cooking. All videos come with english captions. Please click the CC Button to activate english subtitles, and for the old videos, there are English annotations in the video. they are just like English subtitles and I also translated the list of ingredients and you can find it in the video description box under the video. Have a great day
Dear Wantanmien,
Since years I’m using your hot and sour soup recipe. I still love it because it’s one of my favourite soup. I made it many times and still always make pictures from my (your) soup.
My question is, I have an other favourite soup and till now I can’t find the perfect recipe for the original Chinese sweet tomato soup. Please can you help me? Do you got a recipe for me?
Hope you can help me.
Kind Regards,
Herman
Hi Herman,
Thank you for trying my recipe and it worked well for you.
I am coming from Hong Kong. The Chinese tomato soup I made in home with egg also I have two videos. Please check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN_49uGJ8EM&t=1s
Fried eggs with tomatoes 番茄炒蛋 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_m7IEQY8oE&t=25s My style borscht soup, 羅宋湯 . I hope you like them.
Best regards
Maria