Sour Mutton Soup

You don’t need to head to Chinatown to get a chance to drink Hot and Sour Mutton Soup. This Chinese comfort food with a zing of vinegar can easily be prepared at home so that you can sip it during the winters and enjoy the savory taste.

With this recipe, you can prepare a lip-smacking soup in your own kitchen. We assure you that you’ll savor every last drop.

Health Benefits:

When goat meat is cooked with healthy ingredients, it makes one of the most nourishing meals. Since goat meat contains saturated fats and has low cholesterol, it is safe to consume for people suffering from heart diseases.

Mutton is also very essential for healthy skin as it contains vitamin B12. It even delays wrinkling by creating new cells in a rapidly.  Vitamin B12 in goat meat is healthy in many ways; it reduces the risk of diabetes in a person and maintains red blood cells by repairing it again and again.

Following is the nutritional chart of Hot and Sour Mutton Soup:

Energy                  217 cal

Protein                 26.8 g

Carbohydrates  9.3 g

Fat                         7.7 g

Cholesterol        110 mg

Ingredients

cup corn flour dissolved in 1/2 cup water: 1/4

cup vinegar: 1/4

tsp salt or to taste: 2

cup tomato ketchup: 1/4

tsp finely chopped garlic: 1

cups of mutton stock: 6

cup finely shredded carrot: 1/2

cup boiled mutton (shredded): 1

tsp soy sauce: 1/2

tsp chili sauce: 2

tbsp finely chopped celery: 1

tsp black pepper: 1/2

cup finely chopped onions: 1/2

cup finely shredded cabbage: 1

sour cream

How To Make Sour Mutton Soup

1. In a deep pot pour the broth, season with salt and pepper and and bring it to boil on a medium flame.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients except for cabbage and carrots in the broth and bring it to boil once again, stirring continuously.
3. Reduce the flame, and let the broth cook for 10-15 minutes, or until the soup is thick and viscous.
4. Add carrot and cabbage in the very end, cook for few minutes and turn off the flame.
5. Serve hot in winters with sour cream and enjoy!

Trivia:

• Americans are not very fond of lamb meat and have the lowest percentage of its usage.
• There’s a mutton dish called Cream Tikka, which contain no cream in it. The mutton mince is pounded so finely that it glides down the throat smoothly.
• One of the oldest organized industries in the world is that of raising sheep.  
• Goat meat has a lot more iron than chicken and prevents people from suffering from anemia.
• If you are trying to stick to a diet then goat meat is the perfect choice because mutton is leaner than any other meat.
• On May 7^th, National Roast Leg of Lamb Day is celebrated by many countries.