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Hot and Sour Soup

Serves4
Yields1 quart
Prep0:35
Cooking time0:35
Total0:45
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Ingredients

Directions

1.

In a two-quart saucepan, COMBINE chicken broth, mushrooms and ginger root; BRING to a boil.

2.

ADD chicken; SIMMER ten minutes.

3.

ADD bamboo; SIMMER five minutes.

4.

ADD vinegar, soy sauce, hot sauce and pepper; RETURN to a boil.

5.

Slowly POUR egg white into soup, STIRRING constantly (the egg white forms lacy strands as it cooks).

6.

STIR in green onions and snow pea pods.

7.

In a small bowl, COMBINE cornstarch and water; ADD to soup.

8.

RETURN to a boil for one minute, STIRRING gently.