Recipe - Sam See Soup

6 md Black mushrooms; dried
1 Chicken breast, whole;
approx 1 lb
One half teaspoon Corn starch
One half teaspoon Salt
4 ounce Pea pods
2 ounce Smoked ham, fully cooked
2 Abolone, canned, whole,
drained
2 Green onions with tops.
4 cup Chicken broth
One half cup Shredded canned bamboo
shoots
2 teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Seasame oil
1/8 teaspoon White pepper

Soak mushrooms in warm water until soft, about 30 minutes, drain. Rinse in
warm water, drain. Remove and discard stems; cut caps into thin slices

Remove bones and skin from chicken; cut chicken into thin strips. Toss
chicken, cornstarch and One half teaspoon salt in glass or plastic bowl. Cover
and refrigerate 20 minutes.

Remove strings from pea pods. Place pea pods in boiling water. Cover and
cook 1 minute; drain. Immediately rinse under running cold water, drain.
Cut pea pods lengthwise into thin strips. Cut ham and abalone into thin
strips. Cut green onions into 2 inch pieces.

Heat chicken broth and mushrooms to boiling in 3quart saucepan. Stir in
chicken and bamboo shoots; heat to boiling. Stir in ham, 2 teaspoons
salt, the seasame oil and white pepper. heat to boiling; reduce heat.
Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Add pea pods, cook and stir 30 seconds. Remove
from heat, stir in abalone and green onions.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #168

Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 18:37:36 0400

From: CookieTstr@aol.com
NOTES : makes 6 servings ...approx 1 cup each.