Beijing Hot & Sour Noodle Soup

Name: Beijing Hot & Sour Noodle Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Servings: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 Thai bird or serrano chilies, chopped, or 1 teaspoon chili paste; ¼ teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 cup sweet corn kernels; 1 pound chopped, firm tofu, sliced into ½-inch cubes; 3 teaspoons soy sauce; 1 carrot, peeled and shredded; 1 teaspoon salt; 6 cups vegetable stock* or water; ½-inch ginger root, peeled and grated; 1 stalk lemon grass (remove hard outer layers and use bulb only), finely chopped*; 5 dried wood ear mushrooms (5 ounces), soaked in warm water for 15 minutes, stems removed and shredded; or ½ pound fresh shitake mushrooms, shredded*; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice or 3 tablespoons rice vinegar; 3 baby bok choy, trimmed and quartered lengthwise, or 1 cup white cabbage, shredded; 3 teaspoons cornstarch, diluted with ¼ cup cold water; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; ½ package Chinese noodles, fresh or dried, about 4 ounces; 3 quarts water

Preparation info

Servings:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Silk Road Cooking

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2000

About

Keep in mind that Asian noodles, as opposed to Italian ones, are always cooked in boiling water until they are tender, never al dente. Furthermore, the water used for cooking the noodles is never salted.

For this recipe I recommend the early harvest, small and tender baby bok choy. Bok choy, which means “white vegetable” in Cantonese, is now available in many groceries in the U.S.

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Asia
China
Soup
Vegan

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