Oriental Hot'n Sour Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 cups chicken broth
• 8 slices fresh gingerroot, 1/8 inch thick
• 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorn
• 6 large green onions, cut to 1 inch lengths
• 1 large sweet red pepper, seeded and sliced
• 1 cup fresh button mushroom, sliced
• 1/2 cup bamboo shoot
• 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil

Recipe

• 1 in a large cooking pot, add chicken broth, sliced ginger root, peppercorns and bring to boil.
• 2 reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.
• 3 strain broth and discard ginger root and peppercorns.
• 4 return strained broth to cooking pot.
• 5 add sliced green onions, sliced red sweet pepper, sliced mushrooms, bamboo shoots, rice wine vinegar, chili powder and sesame oil.
• 6 bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are just tender crisp.
• 7 serve in soup bowls.
• 8 if desired, serve this soup over cooked or brown rice.