Hot & Sour Snow Pea soup - Chinese style

Hot & Sour Snow Pea  soup - Chinese style

  •   By Gloria Schwartz
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    1/4            cup salad oil (canola or peanut oil)
    1               small green pepper, seeded and diced
    1/4 lb.       fresh snow peas (or 1 pkg frozen-not thawed)
    1/4 lb.       fresh mushrooms, sliced
    2 tsp.        finely chopped ginger root (peel first) or 1/2 tsp. dried ginger
    1/2 cup     sliced water chestnuts
    1 Tbl.        soy sauce
    4 cups      chicken broth (home made if possible)
    2 Tbl.        white vinegar (or white wine vinegar)
    2 tsp.        honey
    1/8 to 1/4 tsp. crushed hot red pepper flakes (optional)
    1/4 cup    chopped green onions
     
    Heat the oil in a large saucepan and stir-fry the green pepper and snow peas until bright green about 2 minutes.
    Remove the vegetables  keep warm.
    Add the mushrooms, ginger and water chestnuts to the saucepan and cook, stirring to 2 more minutes.
    Add the soy sauce, broth, vinegar, honey and red pepper flakes, if using. Bring to a boil and simmer 2 minutes. Return peas and pepper, reheat and serve sprinkled with the green onion.
     
     
     
     
     You can make this ahead and reheat before serving.
     Serves 6
     B’teavon, and keep warm
     Yours, Nitza Gilad pr1@chicago.mfa.gov.il