Szechuan Hot & Sour Soup
Szechuan Hot & Sour Soup is an Indo-Chinese style of making chicken soup with spicy and sour flavors.
Ingredients
- 200 grams boneless chicken finely chopped
- 2 tbsp garlic finely chopped
- 1 tbsp soya sauce dark
- 2 tbsp red chili sauce or Chings Szechuan Sauce
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1 tsp brown sugar or white sugar
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- ¼ tsp black pepper powder
- 2 tbsp cornflour dissolved in half cup water
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg white whisked optional
- ½ cup chopped green spring onion
- 3 cups homemade chicken stock or (dissolve 1 knorr chicken stock cube with 4 cups of water.)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a sauce pan and fry chopped garlic till the raw smell disappears and color changes slightly.
- Add finely chopped boneless chicken pieces along with salt and pepper powder and fry till chicken is well cooked.
- Now add soya sauce, red chili sauce, tomato puree, and tomato sauce. Lower the heat, add 4 cups chicken stock and cook on low flame for 2 minutes.
- Add brown sugar, chili flakes, and vinegar.
- To thicken the soup add cornflour mixture little by little till you get the consistency of your choice.
- You can add beaten egg white in a thin stream and keep stirring as you add. Adding egg is optional, you can prepare soup even without it.
- Garnish with lots of green chopped spring onion and serve hot.
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