Slow cooking mushrooms in ginger and garlic broth gives this vegan hot and sour soup a deep and delicious flavor. Perfect crock pot meal!
My poor slow cooker has spent most of its life gathering dust on a shelf, but lately it is getting a workout thanks to Kathy Hester’s new book, The Vegan Slow Cooker. With easy recipes, a clean layout, and lovely photos, it’s enticed even a last-minute cook like me to think ahead a little and get my crock pot going in the morning so that when dinnertime comes the meal is already done. Fortunately, Kathy’s publisher sent me two copies of her book, so I have one to share with a lucky reader–maybe you! [Update: A winner has been drawn. Thank you to all who entered. See the end of the post for details.]
Many of the recipes do use seitan and soy, but Kathy offers substitutes and includes recipes for making your own seitan (“Chick’n” and “Beefy”) as well as a gluten-free apple sage sausage, homemade ketchup, and low-sodium “chickeny” bouillon. Soy-free and gluten-free recipes are marked with symbols, and asterisks indicate substitutes for soy and gluten.
Though many of the recipes contain a little olive oil or vegan margarine, there are several recipes that are fat-free as written, including Creamy Butternut Squash Risotto, Caribbean Mango Black Beans, and Chile-Chocolate Black Bean Brownies (includes walnuts). Most of the oil that is used is easily removed by sauteing with water or broth, though the recipes that include vegan cheese may be a little harder to adapt for low-fat dieters.
You can get a taste of Kathy’s recipes for yourself at her blog, Healthy Slow Cooking. She has also contributed several to the main Fatfree Vegan Recipes site, where they’ve become some of the most popular recipes. You can see them all on this page.
I had a hard time deciding which recipe to test from the book–both the Pumpkin Lasagna and the Caribbean Mango Black Beans had me intrigued–but the decision was taken out of my hands when my husband saw the Hot and Sour Soup recipe. It’s a soup he’s been craving ever since he became vegetarian, and I just haven’t found a recipe he really likes.
Kathy’s version, however, was a huge success. Though it wasn’t exactly what he remembered, it was so flavorful due to the long-cooking of the mushrooms in garlic and ginger-flavored broth–we both loved it. Though the recipe says that it makes 4 servings, they are very big servings, and since we were eating it as part of a meal that included stir-fried vegetables and rice, we actually enjoyed leftovers for two more meals. I didn’t think the 1 teaspoon of chile sauce (I used Sambal Oelek) would be very spicy, but it turned out too hot for E, so spicy-haters beware and use a little less. With the chile sauce on the side, this soup will be a regular in our house.
Kathy's Slow-Cooker Hot and Sour Soup
Ingredients
- 1 10-ounce package sliced mushrooms (280g)
- 8 fresh shiitake mushrooms , stems removed and caps sliced
- 1 8-ounce can bamboo shoots, drained and jullienned (225g)
- 4 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 15-ounce package firm or silken tofu, cubed (420g)
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger, divided (16g)
- 4 cups water (940ml)
- 2 tablespoons vegan chicken-flavored bouillon (16g)
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce (or tamari, for gluten-free) (30ml)
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil , plus extra for drizzling (Susan's note: I didn't need the extra)
- 1 teaspoon chili paste
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar (30ml)
- 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen peas (225g)
Instructions
- The Night Before: Store the cut-up mushrooms, bamboo shoots, garlic, and tofu in an airtight container in the fridge. Store the prepared ginger in another airtight container in the fridge.
- In the Morning: Combine the mushrooms, bamboo, shoots, garlic, tofu, 1 tablespoon (8g) of the ginger, water, bouillon, soy sauce, sesame oil, chili paste, and vinegar in the slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 hours.
- A few minutes before serving, add the peas and the remaining 1 tablespoon (8g) ginger and stir to combine. Taste the broth and add more vinegar or chili if needed. Drizzle a few drops of sesame oil on top of each serving. If you like it milder and your friends like it hot, serve the chili paste on the side.
- Preparation time: 15 minute(s) | Cooking time: 6 to 8 hour(s)
- Number of servings (yield): 4
Recipe Notes
Nutrition courtesy of FatFree Vegan Kitchen--any mistakes are mine. Sodium and fat content will vary depending on the brand of bouillon and type of tofu used.--SV
Copyright © Kathy Hester, The Vegan Slow Cooker, Fair Winds Press, 2011. Reproduced by permission.
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Paul
Don’t have a recipe, and my slow cooker has been gathering dust for four years now, since I gave meat the shove. I will give something a go in it soon. As to too hot chilli or curry, a chemistry lesson, the Hot (chili), is alkaline and to kill it or cool it is to add acid. This comes as lemon juice. Half a teaspoon stirred through a hot hot chilli will tame it and then in quarter teaspoon increments if not.
Anne
I would really love to have a copy of this book, been trying to look for an easy way to prepare vegan dishes. And finding good vegan recipes for a slow cooker has been a challenge for me.
Jess Aitch
Im a vegan rookie. I’ve made it to Day five. I totally want Kathys book, I recently got a slow cooker and had been making alot of stews and bits…although my bind kinda blanks when trying to think of great vegan slow cooking recipes beyond basic vegie soup. Also new to the fatfree site… I have been browsing for the last couple of hours… so exciting. You will be seeing me around more!
Cindy Smoker
Love making sweet potato/black bean chili in the crockpot. Healthy and very delicious. Like to try 1-2 new recipes a week, so would love a copy of this new cookbook. Working full-time, a crockpot really comes in handy. Thanks for all the fabulous recipes you offer, Susan.
Katie B
I would love to have the cookbook to have a stockpile of healthy vegan recipes for the slow-cooker … which mostly gathers dust in this house too ..
Kim
I love baked beans in the crockpot. My favorite recipe substitutes a can of beer for some of the water – yum!
Laura Ades
This book is on my birthday wish list!
Marla Kochelek
I would love a copy of Kathy’s book, it sounds wonderful. I have so much to learn about cooking vegan in my slow cooker, the only time I use it since I went Vegan is for beans. I love how the slow cooker fills the house with great smells and frees up my time.
Thanks Susan, you do such a great job!!
Meg
I want a copy of this amazing cookbook because I am a vegan lady living in Northern Ontario Canada. Vegan options are limited here so I must make everything I eat from scratch. A one pot meal that I can let simmer during the day would be the most wonderful gift for me and my family!
Much thanks,
M
Terri
I have been trying to transition my family into a vegan lifestyle. I often find that with the long hours I work I get home exhausted and do not feel like following a long complicated recipe and we end up eating something unhealthy. I believe adding slow cooker recipes to our menu would allow me to free up some time in the evenings to enjoy a home cooked meal while my family reaps the benefits of healthy eating.
jamie
I am new to eating a vegetarian diet, I am doing it both for the health benefits and positive impact that it has on our environment. I could use some help with recipes. I like the idea of using the slow cooker and having a meal waiting for my family when we get home in the afternoon.
sharon palazzolo
Since my husband decided recently that he likes Asian food I have been adding as many fat free Asian dishes to our diet as possible. This one looks really great for the snowy winter months ahead!
Gale Welden
This is a shameless (almost) request for the free cookbook. I have no money for anything like this, and I so need the inspiration for slow-cooking. I am trying to kick diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol, as well as entice my husband and teenage daughter to a better lifestyle. This book would mean a lot to me.
Teresa O'Connor
Hey this recipe is next for me to try. I love making split pea and carrot soup in the slow cooker but I could sure use some new ideas on how to get more use out of mine. Hope I win!!
Amelia
Wow, this looks delicious!
I would love a copy of this cookbook because a busy life doesn’t always leave as much time for cooking as I’d like. I’m a full time student working two jobs, and although I absolutely LOVE cooking, having a meal ready on those later days when I come back would be great. Not to mention the recipes themselves have me drooling. 🙂
Erin
I’ve been looking for a good vegan slow cooker book for a long time; it’s been in hiding pretty much since we stopped cooking meat in the home and I miss the easiness of it. I would LOVE a copy of her book!
Julia OConnor
Oooh…Kathy’s book is the answer to my prayers! My husband and I have adopted a vegan lifestyle and thanks to our change in eating habits, my husband no longer has to take any cholesterol medicine! I swear eating vegan is truly our personal “fountain of youth”. The problem is, we both work full time so preparing something and letting it cook while we’re at work is the perfect solution to maintaining our healthy eating habits.
Thank you, Susan for getting the word out about Kathy’s answer to us working stiffs who are time challenged!
Laura Beizer
Hi. I have a current favorite vegan crockpot recipe…African Peanut Soup. I serve it over a quinoa with middle eastern spices, roasted almonds, and dried cranberries and it is wonderful! But I don’t have many vegan crockpot recipes, so I’d love a copy of Kathy Hester’s new book to fill in some more good recipes of this sort! Thanks for this opportunity and your blog! Laura
Sarah
I would love to add a vegan cookbook (i have vegtarian ones) to my collecion and I really like making veggie chili in my crock pot. The description of the book and the recipe titles sound exciting. Would like a recipe to make my own vegan “chikin” boullion.
Holly N
I would love this cookbook. With family, school & activities in full swing, my slow cooker has been calling my name. Now I just need the tools to use it without cooking the same 3 meals 😉
Sarah C
I would love to have a copy of this book, as I’m fairly new to the slowcooker, and the vegetarian recipes I’ve found in other books have not done much to impress me. I sure do like the look of this one! =)
Stephen E Schafer
I would love to find good fatfree vegan soup recipes. If Susan says this is a good cookbook, then it is a good cookbook.
neca
I love my slow cooker and use it regularly. It’s hard to pick one recipe, but I have a pasta e fagioli recipe that makes a HUGE amount of soup – plenty for dinner and to freeze for another dinner (my favorite way to cook during the week!).
Jenny
I’m off to buy the ingredients for this right now. I can’t wait to come home to soup now that we’re having real fall weather where I live.
I’d love to win the book. As a vegan soup-lover with an under-used slow cooker, I’m sure I could get inspired by it!
Sharon Brannan
I love slow cookers! And I’m a vegan following the Caldwell Esselstyn plan.
Vegan Wheekers
I don’t know much about slow cooking but I like the thought of having dinner ready when I get home from work! Thanks for the giveaway.
Norma
I asked for a crockpot for Christmas and it’s been in the box ever since. I am now beyond inspired to USE it : ) Please send me the book!
Suganya
I’d love to gift the book to my sister, who has an unused slow cooker.
Caroline
Hi Susan,
I love soup! I’d like a copy of the book so that I can make tasty soups for me and my vegetarian boyfriend to enjoy this winter!
I have not yet mastered the art of vegetarian/vegan soup and could use some help!
Thanks!
Julia
Looks so yummy! I’m excited to try it…I got a slow cooker last Christmas, and so far all it’s made is seitan pot roast…which is delicious, but only happens every few months. I’d ADORE this book…I’ve been greedily eyeing it since it came out, but I’m applying for grad schools right now and don’t have the money for anything except food and rent. Slow cooking would save time, energy, money, and stress…which I need to write those dreaded essays! 🙂
And my favorite slow-cooker recipe is molasses-hickory “baked” beans…we have them every holiday season and they’re amazing.
allularpunk
Oh! I have really been wanting this book! I need to use my slow cooker a lot more, and I think this would get me to do it. The hot and sour soup sounds so delicious!
Kim P
Oooohhhhh!!!! Looks nummy. My slow cooker is also gathering dust. I think the very last thing I made with it was mulled cider a couple years ago! 🙂 Would love a chance to get the book and get out the crock pot!
Cassandra
mmmmm… this soup looks really good. We’re adding it to our list of things to try when the weather cools down enough. 🙂
My favorite slow cooker recipe is one I tried last year for apple butter. When I was a kid, my uncle made apple butter every Christmas for family members. Unfortunately, it’s been a long time since he’s done so and I was happy to find an easy way to make my own!
Karen
I’d love to have a copy of The Vegan Slow Cooker. Recipes that are both healthy and convenient are the best kind for busy workdays.
enjoy your blog.
Lisa Dillman
Me, me, me!!!!
I love your blog and have made many of the recipes. I also love my crockpot but use it so rarely, and when I look up recipes online or in cookbooks at the library, they always seem to be:
Take a can of cream of chicken soup
Add a can of tomatoes
Add a can of olives
Add a pound of chicken breasts
Etc
I have never understood why there are not more “from scratch” slow cooker recipes and this sounds perfect!
xLisa
Ps love your blog and commentaries!
kira
this looks so good! planning on getting myself a slow cooker (slowly building up my kitchen, as i have recently discovered my love of cooking!), and this book would be a great help for a newbie!!
Carol
There’s a crisis in our home! My husband has cooked for 30 years (after I cooked for 20) and feels so upset that I’ve switched to fatfree vegan meals. I hope to convert him with delicious meals cooked the new way. “The Vegan Slow Cooker” will be a huge help to me!
P.S. Love your website!
Alex
This book sounds wonderful! I’m a grad student who is just starting to explore the glory of the crockpot. I’m also making the transition from vegetarian to vegan and always looking for recipes to help.
eesh
I used to be vegan. But I fell off the wagon. I recently got 2 slow cookers and have been wanting to get back on that wagon. I feel like this is kismet because I just had a vegan supper tonight and realized how much I’ve missed it. I would really like to win this book to help give me a jump start and take me back to where I know I belong.
Maria J
Yum! I’ve been on a soup kick and my hubby has revolted but this may just bring him back to soup-loving again! I’d love a copy of the book as we have been increasing our vegan meals each week and as a mom of an energetic toddler and also a full-time work from home mom, slow-cooker recipes may just save my sanity! 🙂
Aastha Madaan
This looks delicious! I would love and truly appreciate a copy of the Vegan Slow Cooker because as a student, I often don’t have time to make food everyday. I usually make food a few days ahead of time, like vegetarian chili, minestrone soup and even carrot/cardamom oatmeal! I would love the opportunity to try some new recipes in a slow cooker, which will hopefully save me time and still let me eat delicious food on a student budget!
Thank you, Susan.
Ian Blake
1. I love to make black bean soup in my crock pot.
2. I need more inspiration to use my crock pot
Christy
I’ve only recently come into the veggie lifestyle, but when I ate meat, I used my slow cooker all the time! I’ve been at a bit of a loss for veggie recipes for the slow cooker, so this book would be great for diving into vegan slow cooking! Thanks for the post!
Kim in MD
I’d love a copy of the book to get some ideas on meatless meals I can make in the slow cooker!
Mel J
This looks like an absolutely delicious and easy version of Hot and Sour Soup, so I’m going to give it a try this week! I’d love to have a copy of “Vegan Slow Cooker” because I’ve recently shifted to vegetarian cooking, with a penchant for vegan recipes. I love my slow cooker, especially in the winter, when it’s nice to come home to something warming and satisfying! Thank you for your wonderful blog and recipes. I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve made so far!
Jeanette Eichele
I would LOVE to win the copy of this book!! I’m a pregnant vegan, and I’ve been loving your site for healthy, tasty recipes to keep me and growing baby-to-be satisfied and happy! With fall coming up and me heading into my 3rd trimester, a slow cooker cookbook would help me out so much on those chilly days where I won’t have the energy or time to stand around the kitchen cooking for too long. This book is the perfect thing for me and I really hope I win!! 🙂
Melissa Murdock
This recipe is awesome. I’d love to win a copy of this book! 🙂
Alexis Cornell
Yum! I’m not usually a fan of hot & sour soup, but that sounds soooo good.
Jessica
My favorite slow cooker recipe is chili. However I have to be honest – I’ve had a crockpot for 9 years and have only used it twice. The first time I failed miserably (I swear I cooked those beans for 48 hrs and they still weren’t tender!) so I never use it because I don’t know how. I work full time for a nonprofit during the day, during the evening I am volunteering with other community groups, or I am rushing home to somehow make my family (longterm boyfriend and his 9 year old son) dinner and hoping to go to the gym. I didn’t realize how hard it was to be a full time working mom! Using a slow cooker would save me so much time. I would be able to still provide nutritious meals for my family, and have more time to spend with them and even time to go to the gym! Thanks for the opportunity.
Angela Coffer
I would LOVE to win a copy of this cookbook! Winter will be here soon, and there’s nothing better than coming home to a warm, healthy dinner ready in the crockpot!
Pamela Hobbs
I’d love to win a copy of the “Vegan Slow Cooker.” I started full time grad school this fall and we have not had access to a refrigerator or microwave. I’ve been spending $$$ eating out. I’ve discovered a thermos-style bento box for bringing my meals, so I can start bringing my own food…but I have almost no time to cook. Vegan crookpot cooking would be the perfect solution!
Marsha
Oohh. Looks great.
Christina
I would LOVE to win a copy of this book. I am 6 months pregnant (Due Dec 24th) and this would be the perfect way to make sure we are still eating healthy meals after the baby arrives, when time in the kitchen will decrease significantly. Thanks so much!
Rebecca Peters
The hot and sour soup looks so good! I’ll have to try it. I would love a copy of the Vegan Slow Cooker book because I love to use my crock pot, and it’s really hard to find recipes for it that are either vegan or low-fat/fat-free. Just one that didn’t call for a can of cream of chicken soup, or some really high sodium soup/dip mix, would be an improvement! Thanks for the opportunity!
Tammy
I would love a copy of her book because most of my former fav slow cooker recipes involve meat (before I made the switch). Would love to have new vegan recipes to try! Thanks for the chance and for your great blog, Susan!
katehopeeden
I’d love a copy! Winter is coming up! No time like winter for breaking out the slow cooker!
Shana kurz
After starting a vegan diet, I’ve missed the convenience of my slow cooker. Cooking for my family of 6, it’s great to get a head start in dinner and I miss the delish recipes I could use back when I threw meat in there. This cookbook would inspire me with new recipes, and help me stay ahead of my 4 hungry boys and husband.
Heather Heij
Hello! I’d love a copy of the book because I am trying to incorporate more unprocessed, vegan meals into my week, and I’m so busy that slow cooker recipes would be perfect!
Bridget Meltesen
i would love a copy of the book because i am trying to show my family (particularly my meat and potatoes eating husband!) that vegan food does not have to be flavourless or boring but, rather, is tasty and healthy!
Brenda Hagel
I have never had good luck with slow cooking, my attempts have been rather blah. Would love to be successful at it, what a joy it would be to walk in the house in the afternoon with a delicious meal waiting and yummy smells wafting through the kitchen!
Michelle Hanlon
I would love to win your Vegan Slow Cooker book. I have been a vegan for four weeks and the only recipes I have so far are from the Reverse and Prevent Heart Disease and Engine 2 books.
Morgan Haley
I would love to win this book. I absolutely love slow cooked meals but have not used my slow cooker in over two years since becoming vegan. I think I should dust it off and get cooking!
Anke
I’d love to win a copy of the book because I was just given a slow cooker but have never used or eaten a meal made in one so some inspiration would be helpful.
mizzay06
The only thing my slow-cooker has had in its ceramic belly is the cheese sauce for nachos (I teach high school and have advised several clubs and classes, and selling nachos is a cheap, easy way to fundraise). It hungers for something more, something different. And I, as a high school teacher, love the idea of coming home (after a 10-hour day at school and another 2-3 hours of grading essays at home) and being greeted at the door by the aroma of a hot, delicious, homemade meal ready to eat.
Thank you. 🙂
Ludy
Samantha
I would LOVE some slow cooker recipe ideas and would love to win this cookbook! I must survive thru LONG, FRIGID WI winters and delicious warm soups and stews would really hit the spot – please select me 😉
Stacey
I would love to win the cookbook due to the simple fact that I miss my slow cooker. Ever since becoming a vegetarian almost 2 years ago my slow cooker too has been collecting dust:( Please oh please let me start using one of my favorite cooking appliances again!
stac
Yummy! What could I use instead of bamboo?
Michele
My favorite slow-cooker food is hearty stew! Mmmm!! I’d absolutely LOVE a copy of the book. Why? Because since becoming a full-fledged vegan eater over 15 months ago, I’ve been longing to use my slow-cooker more often. I’m a mother of two amazing boys. They are both very active. My oldest is a joiner and loves sports, boys scouts, etc. My youngest is disabled and requires tons of therapies and such. Therefore, we’re full-time chauffeurs and I miss being able to count on my convenient slow-cooker for healthy, hearty meals! I’m copying the sweet and sour soup recipe right now. SOUNDS WONDERFUL! 🙂
Carol
Recipes like this make me want to get a slow cooker. Good to know that there is a vegan slow cooker cookbook out there… it seems most slow cooker recipes I come across are for meat-eaters! Thanks for sharing.
Andi Lockhart
I’d love a great vegan slow cooker cookbook! We’ve loved everything I’ve made from your recipes, and my current slow cooker cookbook only had one truly tasty recipe in it. With two kids and a schedule full of violin lessons, ballet, Budo, social skills classes and music ensembles – I’d love to have more slow cooker options!!!!!! Thanks for making this book!
alua
This looks so good…. it doesn’t help that I have been lazy about cooking the past few days and photos like these ones make me wish someone could make this FOR me! Serious tofu and shiitake cravings now…
Really like the layout of the book too (from what I can see from that picture). I will add it to my amazon wish list (as well as the slow cooker, since I don’t actually have one).
Tiff @ Love Sweat and Beers
Looks great! You had me at “slow cooker”
GetSkinnyGoVegan
I would like it so I can continue my slow cooker tradition!!!! The Indian Slow Cooker devirginized me to the crock pot and I am READY for more!!!!!
paula
This looks like a delicious recipe. Thank you.
donna
Made this for dinner today. It was really good. Next time, I might add a bit more veg though, perhaps a diced carrot or two. THANKS for sharing.
Mel J
This was a delicious (and easy!) recipe. It’s going to be a favorite this winter, for sure. I served this with some vegetarian egg rolls, and had a great meal with no fuss. I had some ume plum vinegar that I used instead of the vinegar in the recipe and it worked just fine. The teaspoon of sambal oolek gives it just the right note of spiciness, and I usually like things that are really spicy! Thanks for sharing the recipe, and I will be looking for this cookbook at my local library!
Camille
Will definitely try this recipe but that is ALOT of sodium. You could cut alot of that sodium out by using a vegetable broth. Sure it wouldn’t taste exactly the same but Thats over 50% of your daily allotted sodium intake in one soup.
Id probably omit the peas too but thats just personal preference. Cant wait to try this. LOVE hot and sour soup. Im making the conversion to vegan starting next week but have tries hot and sour soup before, so cant wait to try this.
Bali Cooking class
nice receipt,,, i will try to cook for my family..
happy cooking
ms_min
I made a version of this today but not in the slow-cooker. It was delicious even so…I’m not sure I see the real point of slow-cooking it as it tastes fine with about 15 minutes of cooking anyway (especially if you pre-soak the dried mushrooms in boiling water). I used salt-free vegan bouillon and freshly shelled peas. I also added white pepper–I think this gives it a more authentic hot and sour soup flavor…at least the hot and sour soup I am used to eating 🙂
Joan
While most of your receipes look yummy, they also seem to need many ingreidents someone with a lower income would not be able to have on hand or buy.
Much talk about the poor being obese is true yet if you were to look at their income vs foods needed to be healthy and eat so, they would never be able to do it, I know.
My sister works for minimum wages and even though she works 60 hrs a week, she still must resort to processed foods to just eat since many bills need paying.
I am retiired and on limited income now so the same for me.
If you could come up with a cookbook geared for people as us, yyou could sell!
We see cookbooks for meals we can afford where only 3 or 4 basic ingredients are needed and while the outcome of the meail is easy, cheap and filling….its talking a toll on ones health, causing weight gain for most are made with rice, pasta etc and calories are high a serving.
Just a thought!
Brenda
Love this cookbook!!! 🙂
allen stinnett
I found your website through a search engine and started reading.i like it and I want to be considered for the free book.I cant afford to buy one,I had a triple bypass in 2009 and have convinced myself to go Vegan for the health benefits alone.
Rachel
This looks amazing! The only thing is that I REALLY dislike peas and mushrooms. Is there anything that I can substitute for those such as edamame?
Susan Voisin
Edamame would be a good substitute for the peas. You could just leave out the mushrooms.
Deena
I was going to copy this recipe till I saw that it’s from the Vegan Slow Cooker cookbook. I have this cookbook! I love it! I have made several recipes from it and they all turned out excellent. Good choice!
kim
im a little wary of slow cookers as i hear the longer you have heat on food the more nutrients are diminished..would this work in a pressure cooker ?
Rebecca
Just wanted to let you know that I made this for my Mom’s Christmas Eve dinner. Both omnis and veggies LOVED it!! I doubled it and took leftovers to my Dad’s the next day. This is pretty much what my plant-strong brother ate, since he was feeling a little sluggish from some richer foods. He said it saved the day, and he wanted the recipe to make himself.
It smelled amazing cooking all day!! I left out the chili paste entirely, and let folks put in what they wanted–worked out well that way.
Nadja
I used the recipe as an inspiration for my own hot and sour soup. As stock I used the soaking liquid for the shiitake mushrooms I added to the soup. Yummy! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Nadja (from Austria)
Jane Valley
What a great book idea! Love my slow cooker and eating smarter is just what I need! Thanks for the wonderful recipe!
Anne
I feel a little silly asking this but really want to make this soup and have seen this ingredient listed other places as well. What do you mean by “chili paste”? If you buy it already made, what section of the store is it in? Thanks!
Susan Voisin
Anne, chili paste is usually available where the Asian ingredients are. It’s a blend of chopped up hot red chilies, seeds and all. If you can’t find it, you could use red pepper flakes or some other hot sauce.
Dani
Ooh, that looks fantastic! I’d love a copy of the book, as my slow cooker has been mostly neglected since I became vegan…I could use some fresh ideas to bust it out again!
Lisa
Silly question maybe… but how much water is added? I can’t seem to figure it out from these instructions. (Novice cook here!) Thanks. 🙂
Susan Voisin
Lisa, it’s 4 cups of water. It’s a little hard to spot in the ingredients list, about half-way down.
clea
The slow cooker is not my favorite since I am gone for 11 hours a day and I don’t like the cooker on that long. I do love my pressure cooker. Any ideas of how long in the PC and if it would have the same effect on the broth?
Helen
I made this soup yesterday and it turned out great. I used sriracha instead of chili paste since that’s what I had on hand. I also added some cooked brown rice noodles after the soup was done to make it a bit more filling. Delicious, thank you!
carts
me parece genial yo también soy un amante de la sopa, de hecho en mi país somos uno de los países mas soperos, donde la cazuela, la cabornada o los mariscos en cocimiento son nuestra dieta diaria… saludos desde Chile
deepika singh
Just made this for dinner and it was fantastic. I’m not much of a soup eater, but with all of these clean and wholesome ingredients, I will definitely make this again. It is popping with flavor and I feel great about eating it
Tara
I just wanted to share this recipe with you, the slow cooker hot and sour was great, but you said your husband misses hot and sour soup and this recipe http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/veg-hot-and-sour-soup-recipe/ is spot on what I remember getting from restaurants and it’s vegan!
When I make it myself I omit the oil and the optional coriander leaves. Sriracha seems to be the best heat in my opinion. It takes about 15 minutes start to finish now that I’ve made it a few times and it reheats great.
Susan Voisin
Thanks for the suggestion! I will give it a look.