Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mike's chinese hot and sour soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

The traditional hot and sour soup recipe call for Chinese dry shiitake mushroom. Soak the mushrooms in water until it is fully hydrated and become very soft and easy to cut. The time required varies from an hour to two or three hours, as it depends on the thickness of the mushrooms.

Mike's Chinese Hot And Sour Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Mike's Chinese Hot And Sour Soup is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mike's chinese hot and sour soup using 27 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mike's Chinese Hot And Sour Soup:

1. Take ● For The Hot & Sour Soup
2. Take 5 Cups Chicken Or Beef Stock
3. Take 1 1/2 Cups Precooked Shreaded Chicken, Beef Or Pork [packed]
4. Make ready 1/4 Cup Bamboo Shoots [drained - thin sliced]
5. Prepare 1/4 Cup Water Chestnuts [drained - minced]
6. Make ready 1/4 Cup Shiitake Mushrooms [small chop - or, white & brown]
7. Make ready 6 oz Firm Tofu [1/2" chop]
8. Get 2 tsp Fine Minced Fresh Ginger
9. Prepare 1 [or 2 - your call] LG Eggs [beaten]
10. Prepare 2 tbsp Rice Wine Vinegar
11. Take 1 1/2 tbsp Sriracha Chile Sauce
12. Prepare 3 tbsp Soy Sauce
13. Take 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
14. Take 1 tsp Sesame Seed Oil
15. Get 1/4 tsp Chinese 5 Spice
16. Get 1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
17. Prepare ● For The Thickener
18. Make ready 2 tbsp Corn Starch + 2 tbs Water [more if you want her more viscous]
19. Prepare ● For The Sides & Garnishments
20. Take as needed Fresh Chives [minced]
21. Take as needed Fresh Cilantro Leaves
22. Prepare as needed Thai Chilies [fine minced - optional]
23. Prepare as needed Crispy Chow Mein Noodles
24. Get as needed Soy Sauce
25. Prepare as needed Chile Sauce
26. Get ● For The Options
27. Get 1/8 Cup Dried Roasted Nori [aka dried seaweed - rough chopped]

It ranges in quality and flavor from awesomely delicious to lukewarm, tasteless, and gloopy. There was a time when I never thought to make it myself and resigned myself to the luck of the draw when it came to ordering it. Traditional hot and sour soup is actually incredibly easy to make as well. Hot and sour soup is a new discovery for me, but I love it.

Instructions to make Mike's Chinese Hot And Sour Soup:

1. Chop your veggies. Heat everything in the Hot & Sour Soup section for 20 minutes. Stir regularly. At 20 minutes in, add your whisked egg[s] and stir constantly until eggs are fully cooked. Then, while soup is at a steady simmer, add your corn starch and water mixture slowly. She'll thicken up quickly as she bubbles away. Add more corn starch and water if you'd like her a bit thicker. ● P.S., this is the actual color of soup below. The kiddos somehow ended up taking darker faced photos upon down lighting with the other pictures.
2. Brown, white, oyster or Shiitake mushrooms really do make this dish! Your choice! Just dice!
3. For The Sides & Garnishments. Thai Chilies, fresh Cilantro leaves and chopped Chives.
4. Dried Roasted Nori. To taste. Definitely consider this addition!
5. Fresh crunchy Chow Mein Noodles are always a must atop this flavorful dish!
6. Top view.
7. Serve Hot & Sour Soup with the fresh garnishments listed. Especially the fresh Cilantro. It really does make the dish! Serve soup piping hot with fresh, crunchy Chow Mein Noodles and Soy Sauce. Enjoy!

I've never tried making it before, but this recipe seems doable. I hope it's like the kinds I so want to try this! I love hot and sour soup…when we order Chinese, I always order it. I have never attempted making it though…it's a lot easier than I. The flavors are balanced and fresh, and the acidity functions as an accent, not a one-note blast.

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