Description
This authentic restaurant-style Chinese hot and sour soup recipe is 100% gluten-free, easy to make with vegetarian options and is a healthier but equally delicious recipe to satisfy any Chinese takeout craving. Trust me, this is better than takeout!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb shredded pork, chicken or beef (omit if vegetarian)
- 1 carton chicken, beef or vegetable broth
- 2 eggs
- 8 oz shitake mushrooms (or other mushrooms)
- 1 can bamboo shoots
- 1 package extra firm tofu
- 1/2 cup coconut aminos
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar (plus more to taste)
- 1/2 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp sambal olek, srriracha or chili garlic sauce (more to taste)
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 2 tbsp minced or grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon arrowroot or cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablepsoons water
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 2–3 tbsp green onion, chopped for garnish
Instructions
- Heat sesame oil in a saucepan, add 1 shredded pork (or beef or chicken) and cook through, transfer to a plate and set aside. Skip this step for vegetarian.
- While the meat cooks, thinly slice the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, tofu, and ginger (or grate ginger).
- If the saucepan is dry from the pork, add more oil and add ginger, sautee until fragrant, 30 seconds or so.
- Add broth to saucepan and bring to a boil. Add rice vinegar, coconut aminos or soy sauce, brown sugar, srriacha or sambal olek or chili garlic sauce and bring back to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer and add tofu, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and pork. Let the soup simmer for 5 minutes or so until mushrooms start to soften slightly and pork is warmed through.
- Add arrowroot slurry and stir until soup starts to thicken, 1-2 minutes.
- Crack eggs into a bowl and lightly beat. Drizzle eggs into soup slowly, stirring constantly to form ribbons.
- Serve immediately with extra sambal olek, drizzle of sesame oil or chili oil and garnish with green onions (optional).
Notes
Gluten-free hot and sour soup will keep for 2-3 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 10
- Category: Soups
- Method: Homemade
- Cuisine: Chinese