Hot and Sour Soup

Savoury, spicy, sour and hearty, Hot and Sour Soup is completely addictive! This recipe stacks up to the best Chinese restaurants. Great healthy mushroom soup recipe, with just 216 calories in Hot and Sour Soup (for a BIG bowl!)

Hot and Sour Soup: Just Like the Restaurants Make It - The Woks of Life

Our family's hot and sour soup recipe is from my grandpa, who ran a Chinese takeout joint after moving to the U.S. Still the best hot & sour soup I've had.

Homemade Hot and Sour Soup

This totally from scratch hot and sour soup is packed with flavor, and is so easy you can skip your next takeout order.

Vegetarian Hot & Sour Soup: Easy Recipe - The Woks of Life

This vegetarian hot and sour soup is a meat-free version of a Chinese takeout favorite, with plenty of umami from dried shiitake mushrooms.

Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup With Lime and Ginger

The end result is a soup that's as fortifying as the best chicken noodle, but with a bit of kick from its sour/sweet/pungent flavor profile. With nothing but a single burner, a chicken, and a few vegetables, you can pull together a good soup in about an hour. The first key is to make extracting flavor and gelatin from the chicken bones as easy as possible. This means chopping the carcass into very fine pieces.

Hot and Sour Dumpling Soup (酸汤水饺)

Hot and Sour Dumpling Soup is a dish from Shaanxi Province—plump dumplings served in a spicy, sour soup seasoned with Chinese black vinegar. 

Homemade Wonton Soup

A classic wonton soup made with Chinese superior stock flavored with chicken, pork, ham, and shrimp. The wontons are stuffed with a mixture of pork and shrimp.

Shanghai Hot Sauce Noodles (Lajiang Mian）

Shanghai Hot Sauce Noodles, Shanghai Lajiang Mian (上海辣酱面) or sometimes “doubanjiang mian (豆瓣酱面) is comprised of noodles, broth, and a spicy mixture of pork, tofu, peanuts, spicy chili bean paste, and sugar). The spicy, savory mixture poured over a hot bowl of noodles is simply delicious, if not addictive.

Suan La Fen (Chongqing Hot & Sour Noodle Soup) - The Woks of Life

Suan La Fen (酸辣粉), or Chongqing Hot and Sour Glass Noodle Soup layers spicy, numbing, sour, and umami flavors with glass noodles and colorful condiments.

Shanghai Wonton Soup

This Shanghai wonton soup recipe comes directly from my childhood in China. A favorite breakfast or afternoon snack, this steaming bowl Shanghai Wonton soup or "little" wonton soup (xiao hun tun, 小馄饨) uses thin wonton wrappers and a small pork filling with Chinese spices.