Duck Soup, Chinese Style

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 quarts chicken stock
• 6 dried chinese mushrooms
• 1 pinch pepper (to taste)
• 1 cup chinese greens, bok choy or 1 cup napa cabbage
• bones from one roast duck
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 cup cooked duck, cut julienne
• 1 ounce cellophane noodle
• salt, to taste
• 1 large egg, raw
• 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped

Recipe

• 1 soak the dried mushrooms in 1 cup warm water for about 1/2 hour.
• 2 bring the chicken stock to a simmer and add the mushrooms and the water in which they were soaked.
• 3 add the pepper, greens and bones.
• 4 simmer for 1 hour.
• 5 drain the stock and discard all solids except the mushrooms.
• 6 cut the mushrooms julienne and return to the stockpot.
• 7 add the green onions, sesame oil and cooked duck meat, and taste for salt.
• 8 drop the noodles into the pot and simmer until they are just tender, about 5 minutes.
• 9 place the soup in a tureen and add the shelled raw egg, whole. it will cook on the way to the table.
• 10 add the parsley garnish.
• 11 stir the egg into the soup at the table.