Hot and Sour Soup ala Beyond The Moon

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Hot and Sour Soup ala Beyond The Moon

 

Recipe By : Ginny Callan, Beyond The Moon Cookbook

Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Vegetarian Soups And Stews

Beyond The Moon

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 cup boiling water

10 shitake mushrooms -- dried

3 tablespoons peanut oil

2 tablespoons ginger -- peeled and minced

fresh

6 large garlic cloves -- peeled and minced

2 medium carrots -- sliced into thin, 1

-inch-long strips (1 cup)

2 cups cabbage -- (1/2 pound) sliced

1 medium red bell pepper -- seeded and cut into

thin, 1 -inch-long slices (3/4 cup)

2 cups bok choy -- or napa cabbage (3

to 4 stalks), chopped

8 cups vegetable stock -- or water

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

2 tablespoons tamari -- or soy sauce

1/2 teaspoon chili paste with garlic -- (1/2 to 1 teaspoon)

2 tablespoons arrowroot

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs -- beaten (optional)

1 teaspoon sesame oil

3 scallions -- trimmed and thinly

sliced, for garnish

 

Pour the boiling water over the mushrooms, and let them soak until tender.

about 15 minutes. Drain them, saving the soaking liquid. Discard the stems,

and slice the mushrooms into fine shreds.

 

Heat the peanut oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Saute: the

ginger. garlic, carrot, and cabbage for a few minutes. (If the ginger

sticks. add a tablespoon or two of water.) Stir in the red pepper and bok

choy, and cook until barely tender, 3 to 4 minutes more.

 

Stir the stock into the pot, along with the mushrooms and their soaking

liquid, the vinegar, tamari, and chili paste. Bring the soup to a simmer.

 

Stir the arrowroot into 3 tablespoons of water. Whisk it into the soup and

add the salt.

 

If using eggs, pour them into the soup, and stir briskly for 2 to 3

minutes. Stir in the sesame oil.

 

Ladle the soup into bowls, and garnish with scallions.

 

Makes 6 to 8 servings

 

Ginny Callan, Beyond The Moon Cookbook, more vegetarian recipes from the

author of Horn of the Moon cookbook

Adapted for Mastercook software by Brenda Adams <adamsfmle;

posted veg-recipes 9/99.

 

 

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