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Hot & Sour Soup
- South Beach Diet Recipe (Phase 1)
Ingredients:
- 5 cups canned no-salt added chicken broth, undiluted
- 1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
- 1 (4 oz) skinned and boned chicken breast half, cut into thin strips
(may substitute with pork tenderloin)
- 1/3 cup canned bamboo shoots, cut into thin strips
- 1/3 cup rice vinegar
- 1/4 c low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp hot sauce
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup sliced green onions
- 1/4 cup fresh snow pea pods
- 1 tbsp cornstarch (I don't use this much, but it is what the recipe calls for)
- 1/4 cup water
Directions:
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 Combine first 3 ingredients in a 2 quart saucepan; bring to a boil.
- Add chicken; simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
- Add bamboo shoots; simmer 5 minutes.
- Add vinegar and next 3 ingredients; bring to a boil.
- Drizzle egg white into soup,
stirring constantly. (Lacy strands will form.)
- Stir in green onions and snow peas.
- Combine cornstarch and water; stir into soup mixture.
- Bring to a boil; boil 1 minute, stirring gently.
- Serve immediately.
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