Description
Get ready to warm your soul with this quick and easy Chinese Style Hot and Sour Soup — a perfect mix of spicy, tangy, and savory flavors. This comforting soup is brimming with mushrooms, tofu, carrots, and silky egg ribbons, offering the ideal balance of heat and sourness. It’s the ultimate go-to for those looking for an easy recipe that satisfies like takeout but is even better homemade. Whether you’re looking for a healthy snack, light lunch, or weeknight dinner idea, this soup checks all the boxes. It’s one of those food ideas you’ll come back to over and over again for a quick dinner or warming lunch.
Ingredients
4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
1 cup sliced shiitake mushrooms
1/2 cup julienned carrots
1 cup firm tofu, cubed
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons cold water
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons chopped green onions
Instructions
1. Slice mushrooms, julienne carrots, cube tofu, and beat eggs. Mix cornstarch with cold water to create a slurry.
2. In a large pot, bring broth to a simmer. Add soy sauce, vinegar, white pepper, mushrooms, and carrots. Simmer until mushrooms are tender.
3. Add tofu gently and pour in cornstarch slurry while stirring. Allow the soup to thicken.
4. Reduce heat to low and slowly drizzle in beaten eggs while stirring to create ribbons.
5. Turn off heat. Add sesame oil and garnish with green onions. Serve hot.
Notes
Adjust vinegar and pepper levels to taste depending on how tangy or spicy you like it.
You can add bamboo shoots or wood ear mushrooms for extra texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 780mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 9g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
Keywords: hot and sour soup, Chinese soup, quick dinner, spicy soup