Mandarin Soup
- 4 each mushrooms, enoki (straw) dried
- 1/4 pound pork lean
- 1/2 cup bamboo shoots
- 1 x bean curd fresh, (2 pieces)
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce, dark
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed with
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 each eggs
- 1 each scallions, spring or green onions chopped
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- Soak mushrooms in warm water for 20 minutes.
- Drain, reserving liquid.
- Cut pork, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, bean curd into thin strips.
- Combine stock and reserved mushroom liquid in a saucepan.
- Bring to a boil.
- Add salt, soy sauce, pork, bamboo shoots, mushrooms.
- Cover and simmer 5 minutes.
- Add bean curd and again bring to a boil.
- Add small amount of hot liquid to cornstarch paste, stirring.
- Add mixture to pan and cook for 1 or 2 more minutes.
- Beat egg lightly and slowly add it to hot soup.
- Stir once, gently.
- Remove soup from heat.
- Sprinkle with chopped scallion and sesame oil.
- Serve immediately.
mushrooms, pork lean, bamboo shoots, bean curd, chicken broth, salt, soy sauce, cornstarch mixed, water, eggs, scallions, sesame oil
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/mandarin-soup-45200 (may not work)