Homemade Hot And Sour Soup Recipe

1/4 lb pork, sliced into thin strips
1/2 tsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
1/2 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp sesame oil
4 cups chicken stock
3 tsps white rice vinegar
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp salt
6 dried mushrooms, soaked, drained, sliced
1/2 cup bamboo shoots, shredded
2 tsps cornstarch dissolved in 2 tsps water
2 eggs, beaten
2 tsps finely chopped green onion
2 tsps red pepper flakes

Put the pork in a glass bowl along with the cornstarch, sea salt, soy sauce, and sesame oil, stir to coat then let stand for 15 minutes.

In a soup pot, add the stock, vinegar, soy sauce, and sea salt and bring to a boil, then add the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and marinaded pork, return to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover pot and simmer for 10 minutes.

Stir in the cornstarch mixture and cook until thickened.

Slowly drizzle in the eggs and cook until they form ribbons, then add the onion and red pepper flakes, stir and serve hot.

Will serve 4 to 6.