Chinese Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients

• long-grain white rice
  1 cup
• outer leaves iceberg or romaine lettuce
  2 to 4 unit
• ground Pork or Veal or meatloaf mix
  1 lb
• Chinese rice wine (preferably Shaoxing) or medium-dry sherry
  1 tablespoon
• bunch scallions (white and pale green parts only)

  minced (1/3 cup)
  1 unit
• diced (1/4 inch) rinsed and drained canned water chestnuts
  1/2 cup
• cornstarch
  1 tablespoon
• egg white

  lightly beaten
  1 tablespoon
• Sugar
  1 teaspoon
• Asian sesame oil
  1/2 teaspoon
• salt
  1 teaspoon
• white pepper
  1/4 teaspoon
• Add proper Balsamic vinegar (black vinegar)
  1 unit