Hot and Sour Soup

INGREDIENTS

2 loin pork chops
1 Tbl corn starch
2 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp sherry
2 eggs beaten
2 scallions, cut up
8 cups beef stock
1 oz golden needles
1 pkg dried chili peppers (2 pieces)
pork bones in water
1 can bamboo shoots
6 dried mushroom slices
1 clove garlic minced

DIRECTIONS

Mince pork and add sherry, soy sauce, salt and pepper and mix together and set aside. Slice 1 bean curd cake into strips and stir fry in a little oil. In the meantime, bring broth to a boil adding pork bones. When the broth boils, add everything except the egg and the scallion. Add more pepper and salt to taste. Add 1 Tbl light soy sauce, 2 Tbl corn starch and dissolved into 1/2 cup water, to thicken. Add 3 1/2 Tbl vinegar, 2 tsp dark soy sauce. Stir in eggs, 2 tsp sesame oil and serve. Serves 8 – 10.