Hot and Sour Soup

Hot and sour soup is my go to meal when I have a winter cold but we've always had to go to a restaurant because we haven't had the ingredients on hand to try and make it ourselves. For once, we thought about it this weekend when we weren't sick. We had a family trip to the Asian market to pick up the unusual ingredients in this recipe and gave it a try.

Here's the recipe for what we actually ended up making. It has a lot more vinegar and some Sriracha sauce to give it more sour and hot. I followed the directions.

2 small handfuls dried "black fungus"

2 small handfuls dried shiitake mushrooms

1 large handful dried lily (it comes in long strips, kind of like dried petals?)

2 qt. turkey stock

1 small can bamboo shoots

1/3 lb. breakfast sausage, pan-fried

2 t soy sauce

1 t white sugar

2 t salt

1 t ground white pepper

6 T red wine vinegar

2 T rice vinegar

1/4 c cornstarch

1/4 c water

1 pkg tofu

2 eggs, lightly beaten

2 t sesame oil

green onions and Sriracha sauce for garnish

It was delicious. I doubt we'll ever need to get it from a Chinese restaurant ever again and it's going into the regular winter rotation.