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Hot And Sour Soup

Ingredients

2 tbsp Cornflour
4 tbsp Water
2 tbsp Soya Sauce
3 tbsp rice Wine Vinegar
1/2 tsp ground Black Pepper
1 small fresh Red Chilli,finely chopped
1 Egg
2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
1 Onion chopped
850 ml Chicken Stock
Open Cap Mushrooms sliced
50 gm Chicken Breast cut into very thin strips (optional)

Method:

1. In a mixing bowl blend cornflour, water to form smooth paste. Add soya sauce, rice wine vinegar and black pepper finely chop chilli and add to the ingredients in bowl and mix well.
2. Break the egg in seperate bowl and beat well and set aside.
3. Heat the oil and fry onions for 1-2 mins until softened. Stir in chicken stock, chicken and mushroom and bring it to boil, cook for 15 mins or until the chicken is tender.
4. Gradually pour cornflour mixture in the soup, stirring constantly, until it thickens. As you are stirring gradually drizzle the egg into soup to create thread of egg. Serve hot.