Slow Cooker Chinese Hot and Sour Soup
This is a clear broth soup flavored with vinegar, white pepper, chili garlic sauce and sesame oil.
It contains button mushrooms, sliced tofu and diced green onions.
The Asian ingredients are available on the Asian foods aisle of many supermarkets.
6 cups of chicken broth or vegetable broth
6 Tbsp soy sauce
1 cup button mushrooms, sliced (fresh or canned)
2 tsp Chili Garlic Sauce
1/3 tsp ground white pepper
6 oz firm tofu, diced into (2-in long x 1/4-in wide x 1/8-inch thick strips)
2 green onion stalks, diced (including green tops)
1/3 cup distilled white vinegar
1 tsp sesame oil
3 Tbsp cornstarch and 3 tablespoons cold water (mix together in cup before adding to slow cooker)
Place all ingredients in slow cooker. Stir well.
Cook on HIGH 2 to 3 hours or LOW 4 - 6 hours.
Makes about 6 cups. Serves 4 to 6