In article >,
Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> I challenge every single person who has participated in Those Threads
> to post one recipe, to try to get the newsgroup at least partially
> back on track. Mine's coming right up!


I have had a hankering for this stuff for a few weeks, and tonight was
the night. I understand that this is used to get rid of leftovers. We
had hamburgers for lunch, and there were sliced tomatoes and onions
left. There was about one small tomato, which I diced, and I took one
small slice of onion and chopped it pretty fine. These aren't listed
below but went in after the cornstarch and before the egg. There was
lettuce left over also, and with 20/20 hindsight, I would have added
some of that, finely chopped, at the end.

HOT AND SOUR SOUP
=================

oil
6 mushrooms, cut up
2 cans beef broth (14oz)
1 can of water
8 oz tofu
1 can sliced bamboo shoots (5 oz net)
2 T soy sauce
2 T rice vinegar
1 t dark roasted sesame oil
1 t white ground pepper
2 T cornstarch in 6 T water
1 juliened carrot (or shred)
2 eggs, beaten
2 green onions, cut into rings


Put a little oil in your pan and saute mushrooms. Add beef broth and
water and cook over low heat while you prep other ingredients. Cut tofu
into sticks, about 1/4 inch thick and of a good length to fit on the
spoons you plan to use. Cut up the bamboo shoots. Big pieces should be
cut lengthwise into thirds, smaller in two and little ones go in as is.
Put the tofu and bamboo shoots in the soup and turn up the heat. Put
soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and pepper in a little bowl and mix. Put
cornstarch in little bowl with water. Put eggs in another little bowl.
Lastly, put onions in another bowl.

When soup comes to a boil, add first little bowl. Stir and taste for
seasoning. Add soy sauce, vinegar, pepper or salt as necessary. When
it comes to a boil again, stir cornstarch and water in the little bowl
thoroughly and slowly add to soup while stirring constantly until it
comes to a boil again. Let boil for a minute to thicken. Add carrot
and let come to a boil again. Stir soup in a circular motion while
boiling and slowly add eggs. They will shred.

You can add the green onion here or serve at the table to be added to
personal preference. I like it at the table, since it doesn't get soggy
and cooked by the third bowl.

Frankly, this isn't very "hot". My wife doesn't like spicy foods. If
everybody eating this likes spicy food, then add chili oil, chili paste
or hot pepper sauce with the first little bowl. My son and I added hot
pepper sauce (Tapatio) at the table.

--
Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA