Ingredients

  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 2/3 cup straw mushrooms, rinsed and drained
  • 1/2 pound bok choy, rinsed and cut into bite-size pieces
  • 6 ounces chicken breast, boned, skinned and cut into paper-thin slices while half-frozen
  • 2 tablespoons egg white
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoons Chinese toasted sesame oil
  • 6 ounces shrimp, shelled, deveined and patted dry
  • 1 teaspoon dry sherry
  • Sliced scallion, for garnish

Method

  • In a soup pot bring chicken stock to a simmer.
  • Add mushrooms and bok choy.
  • Cook for 2 minutes.
  • In a bowl have ready sliced chicken, 1 tablespoon egg white, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cornstarch and 1 teaspoon sesame oil.
  • Add to soup and immediately take pan off heat.
  • Stirring to separate chicken pieces.
  • Have in a bowl shrimp, 1 tablespoon egg white, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sherry, 1 teaspoon cornstarch and 1 teaspoon sesame oil.
  • Put pan back on heat, when broth begins to bubble add shrimp and remove pan from heat, stirring to separate shrimp.
  • Ladle into a bowl and garnish with thinly sliced scallion.