Hot-and-Sour Soup (Shoon Lat Tong)

Name: Hot-and-Sour Soup (Shoon Lat Tong)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters canned sliced bamboo shoots; 3 Tbsps cider vinegar; 3 Tbsps cornstarch; 14 grams 1/3 cup dried cloud ears , optional (see notes); 1 large egg; 1 liters fat-skimmed chicken broth (see notes); 6 slices (1/4 in. thick) fresh ginger; 79 milliliters minced green onions (including green tops); 113 grams boned pork butt or loin, fat trimmed; 1 teaspoons sugar; 227 grams firm tofu; 1 teaspoons white pepper; 21 grams 1/3 cup dried lily buds , optional (see notes)

Hot-and-Sour Soup (Shoon Lat Tong) might be just the soup you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains roughly 11g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 172 calories. If you have boned pork butt, cider vinegar, green onions, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Rinse cloud ears and lily buds under cool running water.

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Water

Place in a small bowl, cover with cool water, and soak until soft, 15 to 20 minutes; drain. Pinch out and discard any hard spots from cloud ears, then rinse again; tear ears into 1/2-inch pieces.

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Water

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Bowl

Remove and discard hard ends from lily buds; tie a knot in the center of each bud.

While cloud ears and lily buds are soaking, rinse and drain tofu; cut into 1/2-inch cubes. Rinse pork and pat dry; cut into 1/4-inch-thick matchstick-size pieces about 2 inches long. Rinse and drain bamboo shoots; cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-wide strips.

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Bamboo Shoots

Pork

Tofu

In a 3- to 4-quart pan over high heat, bring broth and ginger to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer to blend flavors, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Ginger

Broth

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Frying Pan

Remove and discard ginger.

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Ginger

Stir in cloud ears, lily buds, tofu, pork, and bamboo shoots and bring to a boil over high heat. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and vinegar until smooth; stir into boiling broth mixture and continue stirring until it boils again, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Bamboo Shoots

Corn Starch