1 oz Dried mushrooms
Boiling water
6 oz Uncooked boneless lean pork
4 oz Cooked ham
1 sm Red pepper
8 Green onions
1/2 c Water chestnuts
8 oz Bean curd
2 qt Chicken stock
1/2 c Rice wine
4 ts Soy sauce
1/2 ts Chinese chili sauce
2 1/2 tb Cornstarch
5 tb Water
2 ts Vinegar
2 ts Sesame oil
1 Egg
8 oz Uncooked shrimp, shelled and
Deveined
1. Place mushrooms in bowl and cover with boiling
water. Let stand 30 minutes. Drain. Remove and
discard stems. Cut caps into thin slices.
2. Cut pork and ham into "match-stick" thin strips.
Remove seeds from pepper and cut pepper into thin
strips. Chop onions finely. Cut water chestnuts into
slices. Cut bean curd into 1/2- cubes.
3. Combine chicken stock, wine, soy sauce and chili
sauce in 5-quart pan. Cook over medium heat until soup
boils. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
4. Blend cornstarch and 4 tablespoons of the water.
Slowly stir mixture into soup. Cook and stir until
soup boils. Add mushrooms, pork, ham, pepper and
water chestnuts. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
5. Stir vinegar and oil into soup. Beat egg and
remaining 1 tablespoon water together with for,
Gradually drizzle egg into soup while stirring soup
vigorously. Add onions, bean curd and shrimp. Cook
until shrimp is done, 1 to 2 minutes.
