Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients

 * 5 cups canned no-salt added chicken broth, undiluted
 * 1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
 * 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
 * 1 (4 oz) skinned and boned chicken breast half, cut into thin strips may sub pork tenderloin
 * 1/3 cup canned bamboo shoots, cut into thin strips
 * 1/3 cup rice vinegar
 * 1/4 c low-sodium soy sauce
 * 1/4 tsp hot sauce
 * 1/8 tsp pepper
 * 1 egg white, lighly beaten
 * 1/4 cup sliced green onions
 * 1/4 cup fresh snow pea pods
 * 1 Tbls cornstarch
 * 1/4 cup water

Directions
Combine first 3 ingredients in a 500 gm saucepan; bring to a boil. Add chicken; simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes. Add bamboo shoots; simmer for 5 minutes. Add vinegar and next 3 ingredients; bring to a boil. Drizzle egg white into soup, stirring constantly. Stir in green onions and snow peas. Combine cornstarch and water; stir into soup mixture. Bring to a boil; boil 1 minute, stirring gently. Serve immediately.