Hot and Sour Soup with Dumplings

 A quick and easy soup from Sunny Anderson of  The Kitchen.

Ingredients

4 cups chicken broth

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 Tablespoon fresh or frozen grated ginger

1 Tablespoon  Asian Chili Garlic Sauce

2 cloves grated fresh garlic

1 Tablespoon honey

2 scallions, sliced thin - white and green part separated

1/4 cup unseasoned rice wine vinegar

2 Tablespoons cornstarch

16 frozen pork dumplings - chicken or pork

1/2 tsp. toasted sesame oil

Instructions

In a large pot on medium-high heat, add the broth, soy sauce, ginger, honey, chili garlic sauce and scallion whites. Bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

In small bowl, whisk cornstarch and vinegar. Raise the heat of the soup and stir in this mixture. Whisk and stir  until soup thickens.

Prepare pork dumplings according to manufacturer's instructions. Place 2 or 3 dumplings in each serving bowl. Pour hot soup over the dumplings. Drizzle with sesame oil and garnish with sliced scallion greens. Serve hot with a spritz of fresh lime.