Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients:

6 large oyster mushrooms, sliced thin

5 shiitake mushrooms, sliced thin
1 cup straw mushrooms

1/3 cup matchstick carrots

4 cups vegetable stock

1/3 cup bamboo shoots

1 teaspoon soy sauce

1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce

1/2 teaspoon sugar

salt, to taste

1/2 teaspoon white pepper

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

3 tablespoons water

1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

1/2 package firm tofu

1 teaspoon sesame oil

2 tablespoons green onion, thinly sliced

Put vegetable stock in a saucepan with mushrooms, carrots, bamboo, soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper, vinegar and hot pepper sauce. Bring to a boil. 

In a small bowl, stir water with cornstarch and slowly mix into the soup until thickened. Add the tofu. Cook 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and mix in sesame oil. Sprinkle each serving with green onion.