Hot and Sour Soup Recipe (Stove top and Instant Pot)

5 from 1 vote

This Hot and Sour Soup Recipe yields a beloved Chinese dish, that entices taste buds with its contrasting flavors of heat and sourness.

Servings: people

Calories: 31kcal

Author: Shobee

7 pieces Dried Mushroom, substitute with fresh mushrooms
3 pieces Wood Ear Mushroom, substitute with fresh mushrooms
4 cups water or broth
1 tbsp vegetable powder
3 oz Ground Chicken,you can skip this
3 tbsp oyster sauce
1/4 cup Soy sauce
1/4 cup Rice Wine Vinegar
2 tbsp Roasted Sesame Oil
8 oz Bamboo Shoots, drain the liquid, this about one cup of bamboo shoots. This is about a half cup of bamboo shoots.
1 cup Carrots, julienne
1 tsp Gochugaru, the recipe in the notes. This is optional. Add more if you want more spice.

Place the dried mushrooms in a deep bowl and pour in boiling water.
Let the mush mushrooms sit in the hot water for one hour. Squeeze out the mushrooms of excess water and slice.
Note that you can use fresh mushrooms if you want

Add the ground chicken, water, vegetable powder or chicken bouillon powder, soy sauce, oyster sauce, rehydrated wood ear mushroom, and mushroom into the inner pot.
Cover with the pressure cooker lid and push the pressure cooker setting. Set the pressure on HI. Set the timer to seven minutes. Quick release and cancel.
Push the saute' setting and set the time to thirty minutes.
Add the bamboo shoots and carrots if using.
Add the rice wine vinegar. Let the soup simmer for three more minutes. Add the slurry and mix until the soup is thickened. Add the egg stirring at the same time to make egg strips. Now add the sesame oil. Stir gently and turn off the Instant Pot.

Rehydrate the dried mushrooms as stated.
Add the ground chicken, water, vegetable powder or chicken bouillon powder, soy sauce, oyster sauce, rehydrated wood ear mushroom, and mushroom into the large pot. Let the ingredients simmer.
Add the bamboo shoots and carrots if using.
Add the rice wine vinegar. Let the soup simmer for three more minutes. Add the slurry and mix until the soup is thickened. Add the egg stirring at the same time to make egg strips. Now add the sesame oil.

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