Simple Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients

• 1.75 ounces dried shiitake mushrooms
• 1 ounce dried cloud ear mushrooms
• ½ , 12 ounce
• 1 , 8 ounce
• 2 teaspoons vinegar
• 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 10 fluids ounces chicken stock
• 2 ounces cooked ham , thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon Shaoxing cooking wine
• salt to taste
• 2 teaspoons corn flour
• 2 teaspoons water
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Instructions

1. 1

   Place shiitake mushrooms and cloud ear mushrooms in a bowl of water; soak until softened, about 30 minutes. Drain and finely chop the mushrooms.

2. 2

   Bring a pot of water to a boil; add tofu and cook for 1 minute. Remove using a slotted spoon and place in a bowl. Bring water back to a boil and add bamboo shoots; cook for 1 minute. Drain and set bamboo shoots aside.

3. 3

   Mix vinegar and white pepper together in a bowl.

4. 4

   Bring chicken stock to a boil in a large saucepan. Add bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and ham; return to a boil. Add tofu, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, and salt; bring back to a boil.

5. 5

   Mix corn flour and water together in a bowl until dissolved; stir into chicken stock mixture until soup starts to thicken. Drizzle beaten eggs into soup, stirring gently to form cooked egg clumps, 2 to 3 minutes.

6. 6

   Stir vinegar-pepper mixture into soup and drizzle in sesame oil.