Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients

 * 5 cups canned no-salt added chicken broth, undiluted
 * ½ cup sliced fresh mushrooms
 * 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
 * 1 (4 oz) skinned and boned chicken breast half, cut into thin strips may substitute pork tenderloin
 * ⅓ cup canned bamboo shoots, cut into thin strips
 * ⅓ cup rice vinegar
 * ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
 * ¼ tsp hot sauce
 * ⅛ tsp pepper
 * 1 egg white, lighly beaten
 * ¼ cup sliced green onions
 * ¼ cup fresh snow pea pods
 * 1 tbsp cornstarch
 * ¼ cup water

Directions

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