Hot and Sour Soups

By Food & Wine
Updated December 20, 2016
F&W's favorite hot and sour soups—each one tastier than the last.
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Hot and Sour Soup with Ramen

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Soft, chewy ramen noodles take traditional Hot and Sour Soup in a whole new direction.

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Hot and Sour Yellow-Eyed Pea Soup with Chicken

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This revamp of the Chinese takeout staple gets heat from jalapeno peppers and tartness from fresh lime juice. The broth, infused with ginger, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves, is pureed with yellow-eyed peas, giving the soup a buttery richness.

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Extra-Hot Hot and Sour Soup

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Because some like it extra hot, this Hot and Sour Soup packs heat from three different ingredients.

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Hot-and-Sour Soup

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In the Lucky Peach cookbook, author Peter Meehan champions this lighter, fresher, more flavorful version of the Chinese takeout classic.

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Hot and Sour Noodle Soup with Pork

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This warming soup really packs a flavorful punch.

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Hot-and-Sour Soup

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This silky version of the classic Chinese soup includes traditional ingredients like earthy tree ear fungus, tender bamboo shoots and lily buds.

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Thai Hot-and-Sour Fish Soup

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In our hot-and-sour soup, lemon and lime zest, lime juice and fresh ginger replace the traditional lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and galangal, which can be difficult to find. To change the heat level, adjust the number of jalapenos up or down to your taste.

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Hot and Sour Soup with Bacon and Egg

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Magic things happen when the power couple that is bacon and eggs takes a dip in Hot and Sour soup.

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Hot and Sour Soup with Rice and Bok Choy

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Traditional Hot and Sour Soup is kicked up a notch with fluffy jasmine rice and healthy bok choy.

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Hot and Sour Soup with Lime

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Lime flavored Ponzu and lime wedges add an extra bit of sour to this Hot and Sour Soup.

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Vegan Hot and Sour Soup with Tofu

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This vegan version of traditional Hot and Sour Soup bursts with flavor and is wildly easy to make.

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Hot-and-Sour Shrimp Soup

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Growing up, Ming Tsai loved the flavors of traditional Chinese hot-and-sour soup, but he didn't like the heavy texture. This is his riff on that soup, with a much lighter and tangier broth.

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Hot and Sour Soup with Wontons

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Wontons are fun to make and even more fun to eat! This traditional Hot and Sour Soup borrows the key ingredient in wonton soup for a delicious and filling variation.

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