Instant Pot Low Carb Hot And Sour Soup

So I wanted to make it but of course, I want this to be as streamlined as possible while still being a low carb hot and sour soup recipe. There’s one particular ingredient in there that gave me pause though, which was woodear fungus. Those are the black mushrooms that are in a typical hot and sour soup. Traditionally they require soaking for 20 minutes to soften them. But surely if you’re cooking this in a pressure cooker, you shouldn’t have to do that should you? Wouldn’t the pressure cooker take care of this for me? I decided to find out. So I threw in dried, non-reconstituted mushrooms along with some pork and decided to give it a shot. Guess what? It works. You do not have to pre-soak the dried mushrooms before cooking your soup! Okay but let me tell you something before you start making this hot and sour soup. Which is that you should treat the recipe as a guideline, not as an absolute. By which I mean, you will need to adjust the hot, and the sour to suit your tastes. If you open it and think it’s too mild, or bland, well, get your vinegar in one hand and your pepper in the other hand and start seasoning your hot and sour soup until it’s the way you like it. To no one’s surprise, I definitely added a lot of pepper to mine 🙂 I hope you try this and like it. Full of protein, low carb, and full of taste, and pretty much one step. Oh by the way, if you’re looking for full liquids or soft soup, or you don’t want pork and mushrooms in your soup, I have an older recipe, for a very simple hot and sour soup with eggs that you might like.