Hot and Sour Soup
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
History & Origin
Hot-and-sour soups appear in several Chinese regional traditions, particularly Sichuan and Hunan, with heat supplied by pepper or chilli and sourness by vinegar. The familiar restaurant version combines mushrooms, bamboo, tofu and egg in a lightly thickened broth.