Resep Sup Asam Pedas | Easy Chinese Hot And Sour Soup Recipe

Ingredients:
4 oz chicken breast, diced
1/2 tsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soy sauce
6 dried shiitake mushrooms
1 block firm tofu
4 cups chicken broth
3 tbsp Chinese black vinegar or white vinegar
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup shredded bamboo shoots
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp ground white pepper
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 tsbp sliced spring onions
1 tsp chili paste or sambal oelek
1/2 tsp sesame oil

Method:
In a bowl, mix diced chicken breast, 1/2 tsp cornstarch, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp soy sauce. Stir well, cover and refrigerate at least 20 minutes.

Soak shiitake mushrooms in hot water for about 30 minutes or until soft. Remove stems, rinse, drain and squeeze excess water then slice thinly. Cut firm tofu into small pieces.

In cooking pot, heat chicken broth, Chinese black vinegar, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce to boiling. When its boiling reduce the heat, add chicken breast, mushrooms, tofu and Napa cabbage. Simmer about 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix 2 tbsp water with 2 tbsp cornstarch and ground white pepper. Add this thickening agent mixture into soup and stirring contantly. Heat the soup to boiling and pour eggs slowly into soup and continue stirring with fork until egg forms thread. Add spring onions, chili sauce and sesame oil. Remove from heat and ready to serve. Serve hot with some crispy noddles.

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Mention hot and sour soup, American-Chinese style soup comes to mind, but it's not only American-Chinese cuisine who claim this soup as their culinary masterpiece. Other world cuisines who has special hot and sour soup are:

• Thai with it's famous Tom Yum Goong (hot and spicy shrimp soup)
• Philippines with sinigang (tamarind based soup).
• Indonesian with sayur asam
• Cambodia with Samlar machu (tamarind and lemon based sour soup.
• Vietnam with canh chua (tamarind and pineapple based soup.