Duck Soup, Chinese Style
- 2 quarts chicken stock
- 6 dried Chinese mushrooms
- 1 pinch white pepper (to taste)
- 1 cup chinese greens, bok choy or 1 cup napa cabbage
- bones from one roast duck
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 cup cooked duck, cut julienne
- 1 ounce cellophane noodle
- salt, to taste
- garnish
- 1 large egg, raw
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- Soak the dried mushrooms in 1 cup warm water for about 1/2 hour.
- Bring the chicken stock to a simmer and add the mushrooms and the water in which they were soaked.
- Add the pepper, greens and bones.
- Simmer for 1 hour.
- Drain the stock and discard all solids except the mushrooms.
- Cut the mushrooms julienne and return to the stockpot.
- Add the green onions, sesame oil and cooked duck meat, and taste for salt.
- Drop the noodles into the pot and simmer until they are just tender, about 5 minutes.
- Place the soup in a tureen and add the shelled raw egg, whole. It will cook on the way to the table.
- Add the parsley garnish.
- Stir the egg into the soup at the table.
chicken stock, mushrooms, white pepper, chinese greens, duck, green onions, sesame oil, noodle, salt, egg, cilantro
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/duck-soup-chinese-style-465035 (may not work)