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Chinese chicken soup with mushrooms

The best mushrooms are the Chinese dried ones found in most specialty shops or in the Asian section of your grocery store, but you can use other, including fresh mushrooms, if you don’t find them.

Ingredients

5 cups broth (chicken broth)
1 cup mushroom (dried mushrooms, soaked)
3⁄4 cup chicken (cooked, thinly sliced)
  seasoning (salt and pepper to taste)

Instructions

Heat the chicken stock, mushrooms, and chicken breast in a saucepan, until the boling point. Reduce heat, and simmer very gently for 5-6 minutes.

Season to taste and serve.

Yield
4 servings
Preparation time 12 minutes
Cooking time 5 minutes
Total time
17 minutes

Notes

Substitute 1 cup Chinese dried mushrooms with 4 heads fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced.

Make the broth more interesting adding 4 Tbs dry sherry.

Source

Chinese cuisine

Garnish with watercress leaves.

easy, simmer
soups, appetizers
Chinese food recipes
Food in Asia

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