I really did!! I made hot and sour soup. From scratch! Well, sort of scratch. I didn't make the chicken stock.
It looks gross in this picture, but it's insanely good. Trust me.
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Congrats!!
Ursus loves hot & sour soup. Recipe?
It's this recipe: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1648,148188-243192,00.html (http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1648,148188-243192,00.html)
Except I couldn't find black mushrooms, so I substituted straw mushrooms. And I couldn't find tiger lily buds, so I substituted bean sprouts. And I used an organic chicken stock that's only 110 mg of sodium per serving and a low sodium soy and skipped the salt all together. Because, of course, the entire reason I'm cooking is that I'm on a less than 1000mg of salt a day restriction.
When I make it again, I'm going to use 4 tablespoons of the rice wine vinegar instead of the 3 in the recipe and throw in some red pepper, too. I like a bit more bite.
Hey Gamp, we could be like Jack Spratt and his wife with the sodium!
Quote from: Jessie on August 02, 2008, 05:22:19 PM
Hey Gamp, we could be like Jack Spratt and his wife with the sodium!
We so could!! Guess I'm Jack in this scenario. Get us a platter to pick clean, wife!
Quote from: Gamplayerx on August 02, 2008, 04:25:09 PM
I really did!! I made hot and sour soup. From scratch! Well, sort of scratch. I didn't make the chicken stock.
It looks gross in this picture, but it's insanely good. Trust me.
Chicken stock makes all soups taste extra yummy! My favorite Wonton soup gets a major boost from chicken stock!