Panda Express Copycat Hot And Sour Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups chicken broth (or vegetable broth )
• 6 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3/4 cup button mushroom, sliced (fresh or canned)
• 2 teaspoons chili-garlic sauce
• 1/3 teaspoon pepper, ground
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons cold water
• 1 egg, beaten
• 6 ounces tofu, firm, diced
• 2 green onions, diced (including green tops)
• 1/3 cup distilled vinegar
• 3/4 teaspoon sesame oil

Recipe

• 1 bring chicken broth to a simmer in a 3-quart saucepan.
• 2 add soy sauce, sliced button mushrooms, chili garlic sauce and pepper. simmer for 5 minutes.
• 3 combine 3 tbsp of cornstarch with 3 tbsp of cold water in a cup. stir until mixture is smooth. add cornstarch mixture to hot soup and stir well. simmer for 3 or 4 minutes until soup is thickened.
• 4 beat egg in a cup until yolk and are combined. pour beaten egg slowly, in a fine stream, into soup. stir soup slowly several times. stop stirring and wait 30 seconds for egg to cook.
• 5 add tofu strips and green onions to soup. stir well. remove from heat.
• 6 add distilled vinegar and sesame oil. stir a few times and serve hot.