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Hot and sour chicken and exotic mushroom soup
Packed full of flavours, this Chinese chicken and mushroom soup is a meal in itself.
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Serves: 4
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Prep time: 15 mins
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Cooking time: 10 mins
Ingredients
- 15ml (1tbsp) groundnut oil
- 350g (12oz) chicken breast fillets, sliced
- 2.5cm (1in) piece root ginger, peeled and grated
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 100g (4oz) shredded Chinese leaf
- 150g (5oz) exotic mushrooms such as oyster or shiitake
- 150g (5oz) sliced chestnut mushrooms
- 1 (200g) can bamboo shoots, drained and finely sliced
- 750ml (1 1/4pt) hot vegetable stock
- 30ml (2tbsp) Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry
- 30ml (2tbsp) light soy sauce
- 15ml (1tbsp) rice vinegar
- 45ml (3tbsp) corn flour mixed with 60ml/4tbsp cold water
- 1 spring onion, sliced
- 1 small handful of coriander, roughly chopped
Method
- Heat a large wok or pan over high heat, add the groundnut oil. Add the chicken and stir fry for 4-5 mins until pale golden. Add the ginger, garlic, and chilli and stir-fry for a few secs.
- Add the Chinese leaf and all the mushrooms and stir fry for 1 min. Add the bamboo shoots, hot stock, wine, soy, vinegar and cornflour mixture. Bring to the boil and simmer for a further minute.
- Remove from the heat and garnish with spring onion and coriander and serve immediately with wedges of lime.
Nutritional information per portion
- Calories 201(kcal)
- Fat 4.7g
- Saturates 0.0g
- Sugars 0.0g
- Salt 0.0g
This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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