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Gordon Ramsay Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

Gordon Ramsay Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

My Gordon Ramsay-style hot and sour soup recipe — a balanced broth with mushrooms, tofu and a proper hit of vinegar and white pepper.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4 People
Course: Soup
Cuisine: British
Calories: 130
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 litre chicken or vegetable stock
  • 100 g shiitake mushrooms sliced
  • 200 g firm tofu cut into cubes
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp cold water
  • 1 tsp white pepper
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 spring onions finely sliced
  • Salt to taste

Method
 

  1. Simmer stock, add mushrooms, cook 5 minutes.
  2. Add tofu and soy sauce, simmer 5 minutes.
  3. Stir in cornflour slurry, cook 1–2 minutes until thickened.
  4. Drizzle in beaten egg while stirring in one direction.
  5. Off the heat, stir in vinegar and white pepper. Season.
  6. Stir through sesame oil and spring onions. Serve hot.

Notes

Add vinegar and white pepper at the end to keep their sharpness intact.
Stir in one direction while adding the egg for fine ribbons rather than clumps.
Not suitable for freezing, as the tofu and egg both change texture.
Best served immediately, piping hot.