Hot & sour Szechuan chicken soup

Hot & sour Szechuan chicken soup

Adjust the chilli level in this clear and nourishing Chinese broth to give your meal the kick you desire

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 35 mins

Method

  1. Tip chicken stock, ginger, lemongrass, Szechuan peppercorns and soy sauce into a pan. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, then strain back into another pan with pak choi and bamboo shoots. Bring back to the boil then add chicken, rice wine vinegar and sesame oil. Serve scattered with spring onions, coriander leaves and red chilli.

Recipe from olive magazine, February 2012.

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  • 10 March 2012

    Beth commented on this recipe

    very nice - could have been a bit hotter though that was my fault for not adding enough chillies.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 35 mins

Ingredients

  • 400ml chicken stock
  • a small chunk ginger , bashed up
  • 1 bashed lemongrass stalk
  • 1 tsp Szechuan peppercorns
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 6 baby pak choi
  • 50g bamboo shoots
  • 150g shredded cooked chicken
  • 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 sliced spring onions
  • small handful coriander leaves, to serve
  • a few slices red chilli , to serve
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