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Hot and Sour Garlic Chive Soup with Tofu

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Category: Soups

 Ingredients List

  • 2 md Carrots; sliced
  • 1/4 c Fresh garlic chives; minced
  • 3 Fresh lovage or celery
  • -leaves
  • 3 Romaine lettuce or Swiss
  • -chard leaves; torn into
  • -pieces
  • 4 Dried cloud ear or shiitake
  • -mushrooms
  • 1 6 inch piece dried arame,
  • -dulse, or tombu seaweed
  • (package)
  • 1 sm Fresh or dried hot red
  • -pepper
  • 2 tb Rice wine vinegar
  • 1 qt Water
  • 1 c Dry white wine
  • 1 ts Dark sesame oil
  • 1/2 lb Firm tofu; cut into 1/2-inch
  • Pieces
  • 2 tb Rice or barley miso sauce
  • Garlic chive leaves; for
  • -garnish
  • Garlic chive flowers; for
  • -garnish

 Directions

In a large heavy pot, combine all the ingredients above the line.
Bring to a boil, then cover, lower the heat to medium-low, and simmer for
30 minutes.
Remove the mushrooms and slice thinly, discarding the tough portions.
Strain the broth and return it to the pan. Add the tofu and
mushrooms and simmer for 5 minutes. Dissolve the miso in a small amount of
the broth, stir it into the soup, then immediately remove the pot from the
heat. Garnish with minced garlic chive leaves and serve at once.

Substitution for the Chinese garlic chives: 1 clove garlic and twice as
much volumn of fresh chives.

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