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    Vegetarian Hot and Sour Soup


    Source of Recipe


    One of my first own recipes

    Recipe Introduction


    I couldn't find a recipe I liked so I made this up from several recipes.

    List of Ingredients





    Vegetarian Hot and Sour Soup

    4 cups water
    1 large onion coarsely chopped
    2 green onion coarsely chopped
    4 1/8 inch slices of ginger
    3 green onions, sliced diagonally
    1 stalk celery, sliced
    2 carrots, sliced diagonally
    1/2 C cabbage, sliced thin
    1/2 cooking onion, sliced thin
    1-2 cans of beef broth, or homemade
    1 C firm tofu, sliced thinly
    1/2 small zucchini julienned
    1/2 small yellow squash julienned
    3 oz bamboo shoots julienned
    3 oz water chestnut julienned
    1/2 medium onion julienned
    2 teaspoons red pepper paste
    4 dried chili peppers.
    2 cloves garlic
    5 button mushrooms sliced
    4 dried shitake mushrooms, reconstituted w/ boiling water, chopped up, and save the water.
    1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
    1 1/2 cups water
    1 lemon
    2 tablespoons cider vinegar
    2 tablespoons soy sauce
    1 teaspoon honey
    1 teaspoon cornstarch
    pepper

    Recipe



    Boil 4 cups of water in a med pot.
    Add onions, and ginger. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
    Heat wok over high heat. Add oil.
    Add onions, squash, carrots, celery and zucchini. Stir for 2 minutes.
    Add red pepper paste and peppers. Stir thoroughly.
    Add remaining veggies. Stir for 2 minutes.
    Add water, beef stock, and liquid from onion/ginger stock. At this point add the tofu. Simmer for 30 minutes.
    Add juice of 1 lemon, vinegar, honey, and pepper. Adjust seasonings.
    Add Cornstarch dissolved in a little water. Stir well and let cook for 2 minutes.





 

 

 


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