Hot & Sour Mushroom Noodle Soup

A delicious light, clear soup.

Serves 4-6

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YOU WILL NEED

6 cups (1½ litres) water
4 T (60 ml) Ina Paarman's Chicken Stock Powder
2 cm piece fresh ginger, finely sliced into rings (no need to peel)
2-3 cloves of garlic, finely sliced lengthwise
3 T (45 ml) rice wine or cider vinegar
4 T (60 ml) soy sauce (Kikkoman)
1 T (15 ml) sugar
1 small red chilli, finely sliced into rings
200 g button mushrooms, halved through the stems
1 medium carrot, peeled and sliced into paper thin rings
2 small bok choy or small punnet of baby spinach
150 g Chinese egg noodle ribbons

Method

Bring the water to the boil. Add the Stock Powder, ginger, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce and sugar. Boil for 5 minutes. Add the chilli, mushrooms, carrot and bok choy. Boil for 5 minutes. Add noodles and cook for 4 minutes. Serve piping hot.

Ina's Tip

This soup can be refrigerated for 2-3 days.