Title: Chinese Sweet and Sour Soup
Categories: Soup Chinese
Yield: 6 Servings
1 | | Raw chicken breast (1/2 lb) |
1/4 | ts | Salt |
1 | ts | Cornstarch |
3 | tb | Water |
1 | ts | Soy sauce |
2 | cn | (10 1/2 oz ea) condensed beef broth |
1 | | Soup can water |
1 | cn | (4 oz) sliced mushrooms and liquid |
2 | tb | Vinegar |
1 | tb | Sugar |
| | Lemon slices |
Skin chicken with sharp knife; cut in thin 2-inch long slices. Sprinkle
with salt. Mix cornstarch with 3 tbsp. water and soy sauce. Combine with
beef broth and water. Bring to boil; stir often; add chicken, mushrooms and
liquid, vinegar and sugar. Heat. Simmer 5 minutes. Serve with a slice of
lemon in each bowl, a cruet of vinegar on the table. Makes 4 to 6 servings.