Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients

• Chicken breast 1 large
• chicken stock 6 cups
• carrots 1 (grated)
• cabbage 1/2 cup(finely sliced)
• Oil 4 tbs
• Cornflour 6 tablespoon
• white vinegar 1/2 cup
• Chili sauce 1 teaspoon
• egg 1
• soy sauce 4 tablespoon
• black pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon
• White pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon
• salt to taste
• Chicken cube 1
• Chopped green onion 1/2 cup
• _______Serving Sauce_________-
• White vinegar 3-4 tablespoon
• Chopped green chilies 2-3
• White vinegar 3-4 tablespoon
• Red chili paste/Chili Sauce/ Hot Sauce 1 tablespoon

Directions

1. 1

   Take a pan and add the chicken in it along with 8 cups of water.

2. 2

   Boil the chicken till cooked completely.

3. 3

   Remove the chicken and strain the stock.

4. 4

   Shred it and keep aside.

5. 5

   In a wide deep pan add the chicken stock along with carrots, cabbage white vinegar, soy sauce, chili sauce, salt, chicken cube, white pepper, black pepper and mix well.

6. 6

   Keep the flame on medium and bring it to a boil.

7. 7

   Now add the shredded chicken and cook for 5 minutes.

8. 8

   Dissolve cornflour in 1/2 cup of water to make the paste.

9. 9

   Gradually add this to the soup and keep stirring continuously so that lumps should not formed.

10. 10

    Once the soup is thickened, beat the egg and slowly add it to the soup.

11. 11

    In the end pour oil and green onion and serve hot.

12. 12

    ______________Serving Sauce________________

13. 13

    Sauce 1: Add chopped green chilies in 3-4 tablespoon of white vinegar and green chili sauce is ready.

14. 14

    Sauce 2: Add chili sauce, chili paste or hot sauce in 3-4 tablespoon of vinegar and mix it well.

15. 15

    __________________Note: You may add vegetables of your choice in the soup as mushrooms or capsicum.