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chicken hot n sour soup

Ingredients(for 2 serves)
* 1 chicken breast (minced)
* 750ml water
* onion 1 medium
* 4 garlic cloves
* 1 cm ginger
* 1 pc bay leaves
* 8-10 peppercorn
* 1/4 tsp salt
 Direction
 .boil the above ingredients together ,after it boils stain and preserve this vegetable stock
separately
* 1 tbsp olive oil
* 1/2 tsp garlic finely chopped
* 1/2 tsp ginger chopped
* 1/2 tsp white spring onions
* 1/4 cup  carrots julienne
* 1 tbsp cabbage finely chopped(optional)
* 1/4 cup capsicum julienne
* 2 tbsp vinegar
* 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
* 1 tsp red chillli sauce
* 1 tsp tomato sauce (or ketchup 2 tbsp)
* 1 tsp black pepper powder
* 1 tsp white pepper powder
* salt to taste
* 1 tbsp spring onion
* 1 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp water
*1 egg white beaten(lightly with fork)


Directions
.In a pan add oil (olive),garlic ,ginger , spring onions and chicken mince and saute together until the chicken is lightly cooked
.Then add carrots ,capsicum,cabbage and saute for 1 mins then then add preserved vegetable stock ,vinegar, soy sauce, chilli sauce,tomato sauce ,black pepper,salt , white pepper and cook with a  lid then add cornflour and water mixture ,mix well until the texture gets thick .add beaten egg white and mix well
.add spring onions and serve hot