Aunt Rocky’s Szechuan Soup

Place shitake mushrooms in bowl, pour enough boiling water to cover them, let sit at least 15 minutes to soften while you cut the remaining ingredients. Longer is fine, if you aren’t in a hurry. Drain and squeeze out more water, reserving 1 tablespoon of the water in a small bowl or measuring cup (for the egg drizzle). Remove and discard stems. Cut mushrooms into thin slices.

Cut pork, ham, bell pepper, water chestnuts into matchstick slices, short enough in length to be bite size. These all go into the soup together, so you can put them all on one plate or in a bowl and set aside until needed.

In a large soup pot, place chicken stock, rice wine, Tamari sauce (or coconut aminos), and chili sauce. Bring to boil, simmer 5 minutes. Add sliced mushrooms, pork, ham, red pepper, and water chestnuts. Bring back to boil, then simmer 5 minutes uncovered.

While soup is simmering, slice the onions, and set aside. Beat egg egg with 1 tablespoon water reserved from the mushrooms, and set that aside.

Stir vinegar and oil into soup. Slowly drizzle egg mixture into soup while stirring vigorously. Add shrimp and onions. Cook just until shrimp is done or hot, 1 to 2 minutes.

Yields 9 1/2 cups of soup, or 6 servings of 1 1/2 cups each.

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Calories 156, Total Fat 6 g, Saturated Fat 2 g, Sodium 895 mg, Potassium 419 mg, Total Carbohydrate 7 g, Dietary Fiber 3 g, Net Carbs 4 g, Sugars 4 g, Protein 19 g. Macros: 37% fat, 52% protein, 11% carbs.

© February 11, 2018 Roxana Lopez for Aunt Rocky’s

Recipe inspired by a recipe published in the Chinese Cooking Class Cookbook, published by Consumer Guide in 1980.

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