Chinese Stock and Soups Recipes - Chicken and Ginger Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 dried Chinese mushrooms

• 1.5 l/2 1/2 pts/6 cups water or chicken stock

• 225 g/8 oz chicken meat, cubed

• 10 slices ginger root

• 5 ml/1 tsp rice wine or dry sherry

• salt

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Method:

1. Soak the mushrooms in warm water for 30 minutes then drain. Discard the stalks.

2. Bring the water or stock to the boil with the remaining ingredients and simmer gently for about 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked.