Vegetarian Hot & Sour Soup by: Sarah 0 Comments Jump to Recipe Posted:10/08/2020Updated:10/07/2020 This vegetarian hot and sour soup is a meat-free version of a Chinese takeout favorite that also happens to be one of our most popular recipes on the blog!  You won’t miss the meat, as hot and sour soup already traditionally gets umami from vegetarian ingredients like dried shiitake mushrooms.  How to Make Hot & Sour Soup Vegetarian This is a very easy soup recipe to adapt for a vegetarian diet.Even our original hot and sour soup recipe is already chock full of dried lily flower, wood ears, shiitake mushrooms, spiced tofu, firm tofu, and bamboo shoots.  In fact, in your average bowl of hot and sour, you’ll usually find very little meat! Besides leaving out the pork, the only other adjustment you need to make is using vegetable or mushroom stock instead of chicken stock.  You can also make this soup completely vegan by omitting the egg.  My grandparents owned a Chinese takeout restaurant, so we know our hot and sour.Hope you give this recipe a try!  Vegetarian Hot & Sour Soup: Recipe Instructions In separate bowls, soak the dried lily flowers, wood ears, and dried shiitake mushrooms in 1 cup of hot water each for 1 hour, until hydrated.

Reserve the shiitake mushroom soaking water.  Trim the tough ends off the lily flowers and cut them in half.Roughly chop the wood ears, and thinly slice the shiitake mushrooms.Cut the spiced tofu into thi

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