RED EMPEROR's HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for Episode 29 / Jan. 22 - RED EMPEROR's HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Ingredients:

100g Pork
3pcs. Dried Chinese mushrooms soaked in boiling water for 5 minutes and chopped
½ cup Peeled, uncooked shrimp
6 cups Chicken stocks
30g Bamboo shoots, sliced
30g Onion leeks, shredded
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Dark mushroom soy sauce
½ tsp. Light soy sauce
1 ½ tbsp. Chinese Vinegar
1 tsp. Chili sauce
1 tsp. Sesame oil
1 jigger Chinese wine
1pc. Egg, well beaten
2 tbsp. Water mixed with 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Procedure:

1. Trim any fat from pork and slice into shreds about 2 inches long and less than ½ inch thick.
2. Soak mushroom in boiling water until softened. Place pork in large pot with shrimp and stock.
3. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to allow to simmer gently for 4-5 minutes.
4. Add all remaining ingredients except for egg.
5. Add corn starch and water mixture. Cook further for 1-2 minutes over low heat.
6. Remove pan from heat and add egg gradually stirring gently until it forms threads in soup.
7. Mix spoonful of hot soup with cornstarch and water mixture and add to soup, stirring constantly.
8. Bring soup back to simmering point for 1 minute to thicken cornstarch. Serve immediately.