Catonese hot and sour soup recipe?

I'm looking for an excelllent Catonese hot and sour soup recipe that includes water chesnuts.Catonese hot and sour soup recipe?
Hot and Sour Soup





Ingredients:





1/2 pound finely shredded pork or chicken


vegetable oil


1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger


2 cloves minced garlic


2 teaspoons chopped green onion


2 tablespoons cooking sherry


2 cups chicken broth


1 can straw mushrooms, drained


1 small can bamboo shoots, drained


2 small blocks plain firm tofu


2 teaspoons cider vinegar


white pepper


dark soy sauce


2 teaspoons cornstarch


1 tablespoon cold water


2 eggs, lightly beaten


sesame oil





Preparation:





Heat a wok or skillet. When hot, add a small bit of oil. Cook meat in hot oil until done. Drain and set aside. Reheat wok, add 1 tablespoon oil. Season the oil with ginger and garlic, stirring well.





Add sherry and broth. Add bamboo and tofu, which should be cut in small pieces. Bring to a boil.





Flavor soup with vinegar (which gives you the sour) and white pepper (which gives you the hot). Add enough soy sauce to give a nice brown color. Flavor with salt.





Mix cornstarch and water. Bring soup to boil again, slowly pour in cornstarch.





Stir until soup becomes creamy, using a circular motion, slowly and evenly pour in beaten eggs. Do not stir again until the egg comes to the surface.





Add a small amount of sesame oil for extra flavor and added color. Add mushrooms and onion, heat and serve.Catonese hot and sour soup recipe?
You start with a fresh cat......
do yahoo search for: Cantonese soup recipes
If you're having trouble finding the recipe, try looking for it as Szechuan instead of Cantonese.
This one is Cantonese but doesnt include water chesnutts





http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/23鈥?/a>





This one is Chinese inspired but it does include the waterchesnutts -





http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/23鈥?/a>





Good Luck !!!
oOoOh, i know what you're talking about! LOVE that stuff. Unfortunately, i don't have a recipe, but i do know of one restaurant ';Canaan'; that makes it. Perhaps you could search on yahoo/google and take a look :]
I couldn't find one with water chestnuts but could you maybe just add them in? I haven't ever cooked with them but just thought maybe....





Cantonese Hot and Sour Soup





Ingredients:


2 eggs lightly beaten


10 cloud ear mushrooms


1/2 cup dried bean curd skin


1/3 cup thin sliced raw shrimp


6 tiger lily buds, soaked, chopped


2 quarts homemade chicken broth


1 1/2 tablespoon Chinese hot chili oil


2 teaspoons sesame oil


3 tablespoons cornstarch


mixed in


3 tablespoons water


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2 large shiitake mushrooms


1/2 cake of tofu thinly sliced


1/3 thin sliced pork loin


1/3 cup thin sliced chicken breast


1 (5';x7';) sheet of nori seaweed


1 green onion stalk minced


3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar


2 teaspoons dark soy sauce


2 tablespoons peanut oil





Directions:





Soak mushrooms in hot water if dried. Slice mushrooms as thinly as possible. Stir fry meat and shrimp in a hot wok with the peanut oil. Add mushrooms and their water. Add chicken broth, tofu, bean curd skin, tiger lily buds, and nori. Add rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, hot chili oil ,soy sauce and cornstarch in water. Bring to a boil. Slowly pour in egg. Serve immediately.





This recipe for Cantonese Hot and Sour Soup serves/makes 8