Hot and Sour Soup

• 4 oz straw mushrooms
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1-inch piece fresh ginger-peeled and grated
• 1 tbsp red chili paste
• 4 oz canned bamboo shoots-sliced
  
• 5 oz cooked chicken breast - shredded

Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high flame .Add the ginger,chili paste ,straw mushrooms,bamboo shoots ,and chicken .Cook and stir for 2 minutes to infuse the flavor.

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 3 tbsp brown sugar

 Meanwhile,combine the soy sauce ,vinegar ,salt ,pepper ,and sugar in a small bowl .Pour it into the wok and toss everything together-it should smell really fragrant .

• 1 qt chicken broth
• 14.5 oz beef broth
• 1/2 square firm tofu -diced

Pour in the beef and chicken stock , bring the soup to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add the tofu and cook for 3 more minutes .Remove the soup from the heat and stir in 1 directionto get a current going ,then stop stirring .Slowly pour in the beaten egg in a steady stream .
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