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.