Hot and Sour soup definitely warms you up on a cold day. Piping hot soup with all the vegetables is perfect for lunch as it is neither too heavy nor too light, leaving you feeling full.
Growing up, Tomato soup was the only soup I knew, and that was the only one I would eat. It took a long time for me to start drinking soup with vegetables in it.
Eventually, I have fallen in love with clear soups and have been enjoying making them. My first Asian flavored soup was this Vegetable Tofu & Noodle soup that I had made a few years ago.
I was not a big fan of it as I did not like the flavor of broth in the soup. Then, it was this Thai Tom Yum soup that had no broth and was flavored with Thai spices.
So this time when I decided to make a soup for the Chinese recipe theme, I wanted to make a soup without broth and hence made this Chinese Hot & Sour vegetable soup without the broth.
We have a wonderful Vietnamese market in Oklahoma City and I love shopping there. I have found many exciting new sauces and the best part is they have many vegetarian options.
One such sauce that I recently found and love is the vegetarian oyster mushroom sauce that gives an excellent mushroom flavor to the recipes. We don't eat mushrooms and hence this works great in soups like this hot and sour soup, which predominantly has mushroom flavor in it.
You can use any vegetable that you like. I usually add tofu in my soups, but this time did not use it. I used a combination of jalapeno and hot chili in oil for heat. Feel free to omit the jalapenos or use less of them.
The rice wine vinegar adds a sour flavor to the soup. Corn starch is used to thicken the soup. I have my soup medium thick and this quantity worked well. Adjust the quantity based on how thick or runny you want the soup.
This Hot & Sour soup definitely warms you up on a cold day. Piping hot soup with all the vegetables is perfect for lunch as it is neither too heavy but leaves you feeling full.
Preparation time - 15 minutes
Cooking time - 30 minutes
Difficulty level - easy
Ingredients to make Chinese Hot And Sour Soup - serves 4
- Carrot - ⅓ cup (finely chopped)
- Bok Choy - 1 (finely chopped)
- Spring onions - 3 (finely sliced)
- French Beans - 8 to 10 (finely chopped)
- Baby corn - 4 (finely sliced)
- Jalapeno - 1 tablespoon (finely chopped)
- Garlic - 3 cloves (finely minced)
- Ginger - 2 teaspoon (grated)
- Water - 4 cups
- Corn starch - 3 tbsp
- Soy sauce - 3 tbsp
- Vegetarian Oyster Mushroom Sauce - 1 tbsp
- Rice wine vinegar - 2 tbsp
- Hot chili sauce - 1 tablespoon (adjust based on your level of spice)
- Salt - to taste
- Pepper - ½ tsp
- Oil - 1 tbsp
Procedure -
- In a small bowl, add the cornflour, soy sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, and chili sauce. Add 3 or 4 tablespoon of water and mix it well.
- In a wok or a soup pot, add oil and saute the green onions, garlic, and ginger in high heat for about 30 seconds.
- Add the carrots, beans, jalapeno, and baby corn and cook them for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add the bok choy and cook it until the leaves wilt a little.
- Now add the water and mix well. Let the mixture come to a boil.
- Once the soup starts boiling, reduce the heat, and add the sauce mixture. Let the soup come to a boil and then simmer until it thickens a bit and also let the flavors combine (about 6 to 7 minutes).
- Add salt and pepper to taste and serve the Chinese Hot And Sour Soup hot!
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Recipe
Chinese Hot And Sour Soup – Vegetable Hot And Sour Soup
Equipment
- bowl
- pan
- spatula
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup Carrot Finely chopped
- 1 Bok Choy Finely chopped
- 3 Spring onions Finely sliced
- 8-10 French Beans Finely chopped
- 4 Baby corn Finely sliced
- 1 tablespoon Jalapeno Finely chopped
- 3 cloves Garlic Finely minced
- 2 teaspoon Ginger Grated
- 4 cups Water
- 3 tablespoon Corn starch
- 3 tablespoon Soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Vegetarian Oyster Mushroom Sauce
- 2 tablespoon Rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Hot chili sauce Adjust based on your level of spice
- to taste Salt
- ½ teaspoon Pepper
- 1 tablespoon Oil
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add the cornflour, soy sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, and chili sauce. Add 3 or 4 tablespoon of water and mix it well
- In a wok or a soup pot, add oil and saute the green onions, garlic, and ginger in high heat for about 30 seconds.
- Add the carrots, beans, jalapeno, and baby corn and cook them for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add the bok choy and cook it until the leaves wilt a little.
- Now add the water and mix well. Let the mixture come to a boil
- Once the soup starts boiling, reduce the heat, and add the sauce mixture. Let the soup come to a boil and then simmer until it thickens a bit and also let the flavors combine (about 6 to 7 minutes).
- Add salt and pepper to taste and serve the Chinese Hot And Sour Soup hot!
Mayuri Patel says
Sandhya, over the weekend we experienced a snow storm and the temperatures dipped, calling for piping hot food. Made your Chinese Hot and Sour Soup and we loved it. So flavourful, comforting and filling too. I added some mushrooms too.
Priya Srinivasan says
Scrumptious!! Great for this chill weather!!
preeti garg says
Awesome recipe
Chef Mireille says
whenever I am starting to get a cold, I order this from Chinese restaurant and before I know it, congestion and coughing has stopped. It definitely cures ailments of all sorts!
I have never made it myself because whenever I am feeling sick, don't have the energy to do it 🙂
Ksenia @ At the Immigrant's Table says
Hot & sour soup is definitely my favourite Chinese dish! I look forward to a winter season of making it at home.
Jayashree says
I was the same when I was growing up. The only kind of soup I had was tomato soup. It still is one of my favorites.
Angela says
Now this soup sounds like it'll certainly warm you on a cold night. Cant wait to try it!
Carolyn says
This soup sounds amazing! I'm going to have to make a big pot of this to get through this snow storm!
Luci's Morsels says
My husband dislikes broth as well!! This looks so tasty!
Janette@CulinaryGinger.com says
One of my favorite soups. I need to try your recipe.
Sapna says
I love hot and sour soup and yours looks delicious.
Veena Krishnakumar says
Amazing clicks Sandhya. Soup looks so good that i wish i had it now
harini says
Lovely looking soup. Perfect for the weather here!
Priya Suresh says
Give me that bowl i want to have rite now for my dinner, definitely a comforting bowl.
Usha says
Even I am a fan of clear soups and hot & sour is an inviting soup for this cold weather.
Srivalli Jetti says
I mostly try the sweet corn soup as I feel this one will be very sour and spicy, your soup looks inviting..
Vaishali says
This is one soup that I really like , your bowl is tempting me , love all ingredients going in there.
kalyani says
its really chilly in here, and would LOVE that soup now, Sandhya 🙂
and hey did u change the layout ? looks good !
Gayathri Kumar says
I tried this style of soup two days back and loved it to the core. Yours looks amazing..