Chinese Hot & Sour Soup
Make this restaurant favorite. Chinese Hot & Sour Soup at home in your slow cooker. Nothing could be more simple!
Chinese hot and sour soup is a flavorful and aromatic dish that blends spicy and savory elements. Typically made with a base of chicken or vegetable stock, the soup includes ingredients like tofu, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and sometimes sliced meat, enhanced with soy sauce, vinegar and white pepper for heat. It’s often thickened with cornstarch and garnished with scallions.
Chinese Hot & Sour Soup
Make this restaurant favorite at home in your slow cooker. Nothing could be more simple!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients
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- 8 cups (2 quarts) chicken broth
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup canned bamboo shoot strips
- 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 tablespoon crushed fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 square firm tofu, cubed
- 1/4 cup freshly chopped cilantro
- 1/4 cup sliced green onions
Instructions
- Pour chicken broth into a 5 to 8 quart slow cooker.
- Stir in soy sauce, rice vinegar, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, ginger, sriracha, white pepper, sugar and tofu.
- Cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours or on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.
- Stir in cilantro and green onions just before serving.
- Serve hot.
Notes
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