Another good meal is hot and sour soup. Rather than pork use lean chicken. Some of the recipes seem overly fancy. The key ingredients are chicken stock, vinegar, a pinch of sugar, a little soy sauce, a bit of hot sauce, like a red chile paste, chicken, firm tofu, dried mushroom, and egg. Thicken with corn starch or tapioca. Tapioca is nice and clear. I like to add bean spouts at the very end. You do not need to add the fat that a lot of the recipes ask for.

The nice thing about this soup is that it keeps well so you can eat a bowl and then a few hours later, eat another bowl.