Sweet and Sour Soup with Chicken

Delicious sweet and sour soups can be a real hit of the season. Regardless of how you prepare it. If youre feeling under the weather, you can also grate some fresh ginger into the soup.

Details

  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 15 minutes
  • Difficulty: 2
  • Spiciness: 2
  • Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 piece Lemongrass

  • 600 ml Soup base, chicken, cube

  • 4 pieces Meat, chicken, thighs

  • 1 teaspoon Spices, curry powder

  • 1 piece Onion, raw

  • 100 g Mushrooms, shiitake, fresh

  • 2 teaspoons Sugar, brown

  • 2 teaspoons Soy sauce, tamari

  • 1 piece Lemon, fresh, without shell

  • 1 teaspoon Salt, table

  • 1 pinch Spices, pepper, black

  • 3 pieces Chili peppers, red chili, fresh

  • 100 g Tofu

Steps

  1. Peel, wash, and finely chop the onion. Rinse the chicken under running water and dry it with paper towels. Then cut the chicken into smaller pieces. Wash and clean the lemongrass stalk. Clean, wash, dry, and slice the shiitake mushrooms into thin strips. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice from both halves. Wash the chili and finely chop it. Cut the tofu into 1 cm cubes.

  2. Pour the chicken broth into a pot and bring it to a boil, then remove the pot from the stove. Lightly crush the lemongrass stalk with a rolling pin and add it to the boiling soup. Add the chicken, curry powder, and onion. Return the pot to the stove and bring the liquid to a boil again. Add the mushrooms and simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes.

  3. Then stir in the sugar and soy sauce into the soup and cook for another 3 minutes, until the chicken is well cooked. Pour in the lemon juice, season with salt and pepper to taste, and remove from heat. Divide the soup into bowls, add the chili and tofu, and serve.

Nutrition Information (Per 100g)

  • Calories: 140.26 kcal
  • Fat: 8.49 g
    • Saturated Fat: 2.22 g
  • Carbohydrates: 4.14 g
    • Sugars: 2.02 g
  • Protein: 10 g
  • Fiber: 0.61 g

Advice

If lemongrass stalks are not available, they can be replaced with 1 teaspoon of lemongrass powder. If you dont want the soup to be too spicy, remove the seeds from the chili.