Vegetable Hot And Sour Soup | Soup Recipes
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Recipe type: Starter/Appetizer
Cuisine: Chinese
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Serves: 4 people
 
Piping hot, loaded with vegetables and flavours, Indo-Chinese style vegetable hot and sour soup
Ingredients
  • ½ Tbsp sesame oil/cooking oil
  • 1 small finely chopped onion
  • 2 finely chopped spring onions
  • ¼ Cup finely chopped celery (optional)
  • ½ finely chopped carrot
  • 5-6 finely chopped green beans
  • ½ Cup finely shredded cabbage
  • 2 sliced red chillies or 1 regular green chilli
  • ¼ Cup finely chopped green bell pepper/capsicum
  • 1" finely chopped ginger
  • 2 finely chopped cloves of garlic
  • A handful of bean sprouts (optional)
  • ¼ Cup corn
  • 1 Tsp soya sauce
  • 1 Tsp rice vinegar/regular vinegar
  • 2 Tsp sweet red chilli sauce
  • 4 Cups water
  • ½ Tsp pounded black pepper
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ Tsp sugar
  • Few drops red chilli oil/olive oil/sesame oil to add on top (optional)
  • 1 Tsp cornflour mixed in 2 Tbsp water to create a slurry
Method
  1. Finely chop all vegetables. Keep aside
  2. Heat oil in a pan
  3. Now add finely chopped onions and spring onions and saute for a minute
  4. Next add chopped celery and saute again
  5. Tip in chopped ginger and garlic
  6. Time to add chopped vegetables, add carrot, beans, and shredded cabbage
  7. Next add finely chopped capsicum and red chillies
  8. Finally, add bean sprouts corn kernels
  9. Meanwhile boil water with black pepper powder
  10. Once the vegetables start cooking, add soya sauce, sweet red chilli sauce and mix well
  11. Pour boiling water into the vegetables and mix well
  12. Also add corn flour slurry and mix well again
  13. Season with salt and sugar
  14. Spoon in some vinegar
  15. Boil for a few more minutes and turn off the heat
  16. Soup is now ready. Add a few drops of red chilli oil. Serve immediately
Notes
Mix and match any vegetables

Adjust seasoning as per your taste

Use green chilli sauce instead of red chilli sauce

Use white pepper powder if you like

Some vegetables can be used frozen

Use vegetable stock if you want
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/vegetable-hot-and-sour-soup/