Bok Choy
Shiitake and Bok Choy Soup
8 cup canned low-salt chicken broth
6 oz fresh shiitake mushrooms (about 10 large), sliced
2 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
3 tablespoons fish sauce(nam pla)
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oriental sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon chili oil
3 cup thinly sliced bok choy
4 teaspoons rice vinegar
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
2 green onions or green garlic, sliced
Bring broth, mushrooms and ginger to boil in large pot. Reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes. Add fish sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and chili oil and simmer 2 minutes. Add bok choy and simmer until bok choy is tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in rice vinegar. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.
Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with green onions or green garlic and serve.
This recipe yields 6 servings.
From fooddownunder.com.
Note: Fish sauce and sesame and chili oils are available at Asian markets and in the Asian foods section of many supermarkets.