Chicken and shiitake soup
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- 3 whole dried shiitakes
- 1½ l cool water
- 1 cup shiitake soaking liquid
- ½ whole chicken
Wash and soak three dried shiitakes as before.
To a pot with a liter and a half of cool water add about a cup of the shiitake soaking liquid, half a chicken cleaved into two inch pieces and the soaked shiitakes with their stems.
- 1 inch ginger
- ¼ tsp white peppercorns
- dried red dates
Add an inch of smashed ginger and a quarter teaspoon of barely cracked white peppercorns.
- ¼ tsp chicken bouillon powder
Season to taste, here half a teaspoon of salt and a quarter teaspoon of chicken bouillon powder.