Mom's Chinese Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

Name: Mom's Chinese Hot and Sour Soup Recipe
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: ¼ pound of ground pork (optional if making vegetarian); 32 oz chicken broth; 24 oz water; 3-4 tablespoons of dried wood ear* (AKA tree ear) julienned; 1/3 can of sliced bamboo shoots julienned (small can like 6-8 oz); 1/3 – ½ package of medium or soft tofu – cut into matchsticks (easiest to leave in plastic container and use knife to cut in the container); 3 scallions chopped; 2 tablespoons corn starch and add a little bit of water to make a slurry to thicken the soup; 1 egg scrambled; Soy sauce; Apple cider vinegar (regular is fine too); Salt; White pepper (black is fine too)

It’s actually very easy to make, don’t get put off by the length of the instructions or ingredients. It’s super easy, I just wanted to be very explicit for everyone...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients

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Why it works: Pork and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,417 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Mom's Chinese Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

8 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1078Calories

88 gProtein

29 gFat

110 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 14 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Tofu	100g firm	76
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Wood	not in our table	0
Bamboo Shoots	not in our table	0
Soup	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,417 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Bamboo shoots + tofutop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together21 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Pork + corntop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,069 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Bamboo shoots + corntop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Chicken + corntop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,666 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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