easy hot & sour soup recipe
easy hot & sour soup recipe is neither as thick as sweet corn soup nor as watery as clear soups. go easy on the cornflour slurry and serve hot soup.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 clove garlic finely chopped
- 1 inch Ginger finely chopped
- 1 green chilli finely chopped
- 2 tbsp pink onion finely chopped
- 1 large carrot finely chopped
- 3 tbsp Cabbage finely chopped
- 2 tbsp beans finely chopped
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 4 cup of water
- 1 tsp hot & sweet sauce
- 1 tsp pepper powder
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp Chilli sauce
- salt to taste
- 2 tbsp fresh garlic & onion chives
- for the cornflour slurry:
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 1/4 cup Water
Instructions
- irstly, take a pan and add the oil.
- add the chopped garlic, ginger and chilli. sauté
- now add the onion and stir fry until it turns pink.
- add the carrot and beans. i had the sweet red carrots and used those. you can use orange ones.
- carrot and beans are not boiled so chop them finely and sauté till cooked but al dente.
- lastly, add the cabbage as it does not need much cooking time.
- pour in the water, soy sauce, vinegar, chilli sauce and hot & sweet sauce.
- furthermore, add the pepper powder, sugar and salt.
- let it all boil for a couple of minutes.
- meanwhile, prepare the cornflour slurry by mixing the cornflour in water.
- gently pour the cornflour slurry into the soup and keep stirring to avoid lumps.
- the soup will start thickening and then you can turn off the flame.
- finally, for the garnish, add the fresh garlic and spring onion chives.
- pour into a bowl and enjoy this easy hot & sour soup recipe piping hot.
Notes
1. adjust the chillies to make it less spicy
2. add shredded chicken for the non-veg lovers.
3. don’t add too much cornflour.
