posted by jacqibay 03-29-101 7:32 PM
Hot and Sour Soup 
from thechef@wwrecipes.com 
4 dried shitake mushrooms, reconstituted with boiling water, chopped up and save the water 
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 
any additional vegetables sliced thinly such as mushrooms, zucchini… 
1-2 cans of beef broth, or homemade 
1 C firm tofu, sliced thinly 
ramen noodles 
hot sauce 
rice vinegar, can use white or malt 
Saute cooking onions, celery etc in 1 tsp of oil or non-stick spray. Add broth, other vegetables, mushrooms, and mushroom water, and tofu. Heat to boiling and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Add noodles and cook 
until soft. Add hot sauce and vinegar until flavour is wonderful. 
All ingredient amounts are approx. as this is a use what you have recipe, although you need to have the dried Chinese mushrooms. 
posted by jacqibay 05-01-103 3:43 PM 
 
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 
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.