Hot And Sour Garlic Chive Soup With Tofu

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Chinese	Soups	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		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		Fresh or dried hot red
		pepper
2	T	Rice wine vinegar
1	qt	Water
1	c	Dry white wine
1	t	Dark sesame oil
1/2	lb	Firm tofu, cut into 1/2-inch
		Pieces
2	T	Rice or barley miso sauce
		Garlic chive leaves, for
		garnish
		Garlic chive flowers, for
		garnish
		dd the tofu and mushrooms and simmer for 5 minutes, dd the tofu and mushrooms and simmer for 5 minutes. Dissolve

INSTRUCTIONS

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.  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. Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest V1 #198  Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:01:20 -0700 (PDT)  From: PatH
<phannema@wizard.ucr.edu> NOTES : This recipe makes one  Japanese Miso
- a seawood and mushroom= flavored vegetable broth.  Strain the broth
and return mushrooms to pot. = Then add tofu,  Chinese chives, and agar
(a thickener made from seaweed).=20 Quick  soup:  check the import
section of the grocery. Buy 1 envelop= (or  box) Japanese Miso with
Mushroom. Make according to package  directions.= Taste and add red
pepper flakes and a little rice  vinegar to taste. Add= tofu and heat
through. The packaged soup  contains the agar to thicken the= broth.
Do add Chinese chive. (I've  used society garlic - well cleaned.)

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