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THE CHINESE COOK BOOK
21

CHICKEN MUSHROOM SOUP


MOR

GÜE

GUY

TONG

3 cups Chinese mushrooms chopped into small dice
¾ cup chicken chopped to same size
9 cups primary soup
2 eggs
½ teaspoonful cornstarch
1 teaspoonful Chinese sauce
½ teaspoonful oil
Salt, and a few drops of sesamum-seed oil

Chinese mushrooms can be secured at any Chinese grocery store.

(a) Cook the mushrooms for ½ hour, and then drain off and put into the primary soup. Boil for 15 minutes.

(b) Add the chopped chicken; the eggs well beaten; and all the other ingredients. Take off the stove ½ minute after the cornstarch is added.

Serve in bowls. Garnish the top of each bowl with 1 teaspoonful of Chinese ham cut into dice.