Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients:

• 6 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked
• 4 ounces cooked chicken or 4 ounces pork
• 1 cake tofu
• 2 ounces bamboo shoots, drained
• 1 tablespoon cornflour
• 1 pint chicken stock or 1 pint water
• 1 tablespoon chinese rice wine or 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• salt
• 2 spring onions, thinely slced

Steps:

1. Drain and squeeze the mushrooms and thinly slice them discarding the hard stalk.
2. Thinly slice the bamboo shoots, tofu and chicken or pork.
3. Mix the cornflour with 1 1/2 tbsp water to make a paste. Set asaide.
4. Bring the stock to a rolling boil and add the mushrooms, tofu bamboo shoots and chicken. Bring back to a boil and simmer for 1 minute.
5. Add the soy sauce, wine and vinegar.
6. Bring back to a boil and add the paste add the peppe and season with salt.
7. Serve hot and sprinle the spring onions.