Hot and sour chicken soup

Aromatic Asian flavours are easy to reproduce at home with this simple chicken soup.

Recipe «Hot and sour chicken soup» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 3 tbsp tom yum paste, 1L chicken stock, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 500g chicken breast fillets, 425g can straw mushrooms, drained , 1/2 cup lemon juice, 2 cups bean sprouts, 3 spring onions, roughly chopped .

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp tom yum paste 
• 1L chicken stock 
• 2 tbsp brown sugar 
• 500g chicken breast fillets 
• 425g can straw mushrooms, drained 
• 1/2 cup lemon juice 
• 2 cups bean sprouts 
• 3 spring onions, roughly chopped 

Instructions

1. Place a large saucepan over medium heat. When hot, add the tom yum paste and cook for 2 minutes until fragrant.
2. Add 1L (4 cups) water, the chicken stock, sugar and chicken fillets. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the mushrooms for the final minute to heat through.
3. Remove the chicken and use two forks to coarsely shred the meat, then return to the soup. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
4. To serve, ladle the soup into bowls and top with the bean sprouts and chopped spring onion.