- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
Hot and Sour Chicken Soup
Hot and Sour chicken soup a very popular Indo Chinese Soup which is just the perfect soup for the soul. This hearty bowl of soup is sure comforting.
Ingredients
- Chicken Breast Boneless - 150 gms
- Onion - 3-4 tsp ( chopped)
- Green chillies - 3 ( slit )
- Ginger - 1 inch piece ( grated )
- Garlic - 10-12 cloves ( finely chopped)
- Capsicum - 1/2 finely chopped
- Carrot - 3-4 tsp
- Mushroom - 2( finely chopped)
- French Beans - 3-4 ( finely chopped)
- Cabbage - 3-4 tsp ( finely chopped)
- Dark Soya Sauce - 3 tsp
- Red chilli sauce - 3 tsp
- Green Chilli sauce - 1 tsp
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
- cornflour - 2 tsp ( dissolved in 1/4 cup water)
- Spring onion greens - 3-4 tsp ( finely chopped)
- Oil - 4-5 tsp
- MSG - Ajinomoto (optional) - 2 pinches ( optional
- Salt - as per taste
- Black pepper Powder - to make the stock
Instructions
- Dissolve cornflour in 3 tbsp of water and keep aside.
- Heat 3 cups of water in a pan and add the salt, a sprinkle of pepper and drop the boneless chicken piece to it.
- Let the chicken boil and cook for about 5-7 mins.
- Not take out the chicken and cut them into fine shreds/cube and keep aside.
- Do not discard the water as it is used as a stock for the soup.
- Chop all the veggies and keep them ready.
- In a pan heat 3tsp of oil.
- Add the onion, ginger , garlic and saute for 2 mins until the raw flavour disappears.
- Add green chillies, veggies like carrots, capsicum, cabbage, beans etc.
- Add in the mushrooms and saute.
- Add all the sauces and mix well.
- Add the stock and bring the soup to a boil thoroughly. Add salt and you may add more water or sauces as per your desired taste.
- Add the chicken pieces and boil for 6-7 minutes.
- Add the corn flour dissolved in water and mix well and boil thoroughly.
- Add the vinegar and msg and mix well also add in the spring onion greens /coriander and boil for another 2 mins.
- Serve hot.
