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n. any one of several soups, served in various Asian cuisines, which are both spicy and sour
Wikipedia
Hot and sour soup can refer to soups from several Asian culinary traditions. In all cases, the soup contains ingredients to make it both spicy and sour.
Usage examples of "hot and sour soup".
They started with lobster pot stickers with chili sauce, and hot and sour soup with seafood.
Lemon chicken, mu shu pork, General Tsu's, hot and sour soup, sizzling rice soup, egg rolls, spring rolls, duck with plum sauce, California roll with sashimi .
There was hot and sour soup, spare ribs, chicken in ginger, quorn with spring onions, Szechuan prawns, and a variety of rice and noodle plates.
Still, you cant really complain about hot and sour soup, beef with black mushrooms, crispy duck, and crystal-boiled chicken with spicy sauces.
I stared at it as I ordered hot and sour soup, an egg roll, and Kung Pao Chicken, extra hot, from my local Chinese take-out.