Soups
Hot and Sour Chicken Soup
Hot and Sour chicken soup a very popular Indo Chinese Soup which is just the perfect soup for the soul. This hearty bowl of soup is sure comforting.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Serves
- —
- Total
- 35 min
Ingredients
- 150 gmsChicken Breast Boneless
- 3-4 tsp ( chopped)Onion
- 3 ( slit )Green chillies
- 1 inch piece ( grated )Ginger
- 10-12 cloves ( finely chopped)Garlic
- 1/2 finely choppedCapsicum
- 3-4 tspCarrot
- 2( finely chopped)Mushroom
- 3-4 ( finely chopped)French Beans
- 3-4 tsp ( finely chopped)Cabbage
- 3 tspDark Soya Sauce
- 3 tspRed chilli sauce
- 1 tspGreen Chilli sauce
- 1 tspVinegar
- 2 tsp ( dissolved in 1/4 cup water)cornflour
- 3-4 tsp ( finely chopped)Spring onion greens
- 4-5 tspOil
- 2 pinches ( optionalMSG - Ajinomoto (optional)
- as per tasteSalt
- to make the stockBlack pepper Powder
Method
- Step 1
Dissolve cornflour in 3 tbsp of water and keep aside.
- Step 2
Heat 3 cups of water in a pan and add the salt, a sprinkle of pepper and drop the boneless chicken piece to it.
- Step 3
Let the chicken boil and cook for about 5-7 mins.
- Step 4
Not take out the chicken and cut them into fine shreds/cube and keep aside.
- Step 5
Do not discard the water as it is used as a stock for the soup.
- Step 6
Chop all the veggies and keep them ready.
- Step 7
In a pan heat 3tsp of oil.
- Step 8
Add the onion, ginger , garlic and saute for 2 mins until the raw flavour disappears.
- Step 9
Add green chillies, veggies like carrots, capsicum, cabbage, beans etc.
- Step 10
Add in the mushrooms and saute.
- Step 11
Add all the sauces and mix well.
- Step 12
Add the stock and bring the soup to a boil thoroughly. Add salt and you may add more water or sauces as per your desired taste.
- Step 13
Add the chicken pieces and boil for 6-7 minutes.
- Step 14
Add the corn flour dissolved in water and mix well and boil thoroughly.
- Step 15
Add the vinegar and msg and mix well also add in the spring onion greens /coriander and boil for another 2 mins.
- Step 16
Serve hot.
