Immunity Soup

• 1 1/2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 large onions, thinly sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, smashed
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 4 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
• 2 large carrots, julienned
• 2 1/2 pieces astragalus root (about 15-inches total)
• 8 cups mushroom stock (see recipe, below)
• 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce or 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 1/2 cup julienned scallion
• MUSHROOM STOCK
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 ounces dried shiitake mushrooms
• 2 1/2 quarts water
• 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce

1. Heat oil in large pot over medium heat. Add onions, garlic, and ginger and cook until soft and translucent, about 7 minutes. Add mushrooms, carrots, astragalus root, stock and 2 cups water. Bring to a low boil. Reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes.
2. Add tamari and adjust the seasoning with salt if needed. Add broccoli and cook until tender, about 2 minutes.
3. Remove astragalus root pieces. Ladle soup into serving bowls and garnish with scallions before serving.
4. MUSHROOM STOCK:
5. Stock used in restaurants is usually made with chicken, but we serve so many vegetarian dishes that we needed something different for our sauces and soups. Shiitake mushrooms impart a savory essence; you'll never miss the meat. Keep in the fridge for a week or in the freezer for a month.
6. Chop 2 ribs celery and 1 medium onion and put in large pot with 2 ounces dried shiitake mushrooms and 2 1/2 quarts water.
7. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
8. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
9. Turn off heat, cover, and let stock steep 20 minutes.
10. Add 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce.
11. Pour stock through a fine-mesh strainer, discard solids, and let cool.
12. (Makes 2 quarts.).

extra virgin olive oil, onions, garlic, fresh ginger, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, root, mushroom stock, soy sauce, broccoli florets, scallion, mushroom stock, celery, onion, shiitake mushrooms, water, soy sauce

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/immunity-soup-501753 (may not work)