Chinese Hot And Sour Soup Lite


This recipe helped me with my diet and also helped me to stretch my dollar through the lean college years. It's an adaptation from another recipe for vegetarians and those pursuing a healthier lifestyle.

Steps


Using an 8-qt dutch oven , bring 8 cups of fat-free chicken broth to a simmer.
Add the soy sauce , mushrooms and chile paste and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Add the vinegar , julienned bamboo shoots , sliced water chestnuts , and tofu and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
In a separate container , mix the 3 tbsp of cornstarch with the remaining 2 cups of broth.
When cornstarch and broth are throughly combined , stir in the cornstarch mixture into your hot soup.
Bring back to simmer and then pour the egg beaters thinly over the soup to create anegg drop soup" effect".

Ingredients


fat-free chicken broth, garlic and red chile paste, soy sauce, shiitake mushroom, straw mushroom, white vinegar, bamboo shoot, firm tofu, water chestnut, cornstarch, egg beaters egg substitute