Hot and sour soup with summer vegetables

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 334.6
  • Total Fat: 7.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 47.3 mg
  • Sodium: 1,353.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 37.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
  • Protein: 29.1 g

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Introduction

Adapted from China Moon Cookbook Adapted from China Moon Cookbook
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    8 cups Chicken stock, home-prepared or low salt
    8 oz Chicken Breast, no skin,
    1 cup fresh corn kernels
    1/3 cup fresh shelled peas
    1/4 cup ripeTomatoes, seeded and diced
    2 Scallions,
    2 T basil leaves slivered ( thai basil if available)
    3 T Pearl River Bridge Mushroom Dark Soy Sauce
    7T Rice Vinegar
    1 Egg White,
    1 T dry sherry
    4 T cornstarch
    salt and pepper

Directions

1 cut chicken breast into thin slivers
2. mix sherry, 1 T cornstarch and egg white in bowl and add chicken . Cover and refridgerate 2-4 hours
3. Cut kernals from corn
4 Bring large pot of water to boil and blanch corn kernels 30 sec , drain and put in ice water to stop cooking , when cool drain again
5 blanch peas 1 minute drain and put in ice water and drain again
6 seed tomatoes and cut into small dice
7 cut basil into thin slivers
8 cut green onions into thin circles
9 mix remaining cornstarch with 1/2 cup cold chicken stock and set aside
10 Bring large pot of water to just boil and cook chicken stirring to sepatate strip , cook just until white on outsides and still pink in the middle drain and spread on plate to cool
11. Bring broth to a simmer and add mushroom soy sauce, taste and add salt and pepper as needed
12 add vinegar taste again and add more if needed broth should have a nice zing but not be too sour .
13 give cornstartch mixture another stir then add to simmering broth and cook stirring for 1-2 minutes until soup has thickened slightly and is glossy
Divide chicken and veges between heated bowls then pour hot broth over finish with basil and scallions
Serving Size:  serves 4 as main course or 8 as side course

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KARENCRAFTER.