chinese chicken and mushroom soup

[lifigirl]

does anyone know how to make this we have it in our local chinese it is water based not creamy and delicious i know you obviously need mushrooms and chicken strips but what else is in it any help would be great cheers

[jack daniels]

Chinese Chicken and Mushroom Soup recipe

ingredients

1/2 oz (15 g) dried Chinese mushroom caps (*******)
1 oz (20 g) black frilly Chinese fungus (Jew's ears or tree ears)
2 1/2 oz (60 g) raw chicken breast, cut into strips
2 - 2 1/2oz (60 g) fillets of very fresh white fish (e.g. Dover sole, haddock)
2 - 2 1/2 oz (60 g) peeled prawns
1 3/4 pints (1 litre) chicken, shellfish or vegetable stock
1 oz (30 g) tinned bamboo shoots, drained
2 oz (50 g) trimmed spinach leaves, cut lengthwise in half
salt

For the marinade:

pinch monosodium glutamate (optional)
pinch freshly ground white pepper
1 tbsp Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
1 tbsp cornflour
1/2 tsp salt

method

1. Soak both sorts of Chinese mushrooms separately in warm water for at least 30 minutes. Cut off and discard the stalks from the ******* and trim off any tough pieces from the frilly black fungus.

2. Rinse and squeeze out excess moisture. Cut into strips and set aside. Mix the marinade ingredients in a large bowl. Add the chicken, fish and prawns and mix thoroughly.

3. Leave to stand for 15 minutes. Bring the stock to the boil and stir in all the ingredients at once except for the spinach. Simmer gently for 3 minutes and then add the well washed spinach. Simmer for another minute, then serve.

[lifigirl]

thank you for the detailed answer jack i shall be trying this at the weekend do you by any chance have a recipe for sweet and sour sauce kind regards rachel

[jack daniels]

you're welcome

click onto the link below sweetie & then go to one of the options for sweet & sour sauce

http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blchinese ing1.htm

[lifigirl]

thank you so much by the way the cake was to die for by far the best i have ever made it lasted about 30 mins before my lot devoured it all!!
i have just posted for a recipe for carrot cake, don't suppose you have one of those as well? cheers for now