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Chicken Soup with Mushrooms and Asian Greens

Chicken Soup with Mushrooms and Asian Greens

Courses: Soups


  • Prep: 30 mins

  • Cook:

  • Serves: 6

  • Difficulty: Easy

Chef’s Tip:

* If you want to make this a vegetarian soup, use Farm Boy™ Vegetable Stock and omit the chicken, using 200g firm tofu instead; make sure you use Tamari rather than soy sauce.

* Dried shiitake mushrooms have really tough stems, make sure you remove them after soaking.

* Swap out the chicken for shrimp for a different take on this soup – shrimp will take only a few minutes to cook.

* Add ramen, rice or udon noodles for a heartier dish.

Directions

  1. Place mushrooms in a two-cup measuring cup and fill with boiling water. Let mushrooms soak while you prep the rest of the ingredients, or at least 30 minutes. When ready, remove mushrooms from liquid; remove and discard stems and slice caps thinly; reserve and save soaking liquid.
  2. In 4-quart pot, heat sunflower oil over medium heat. Add garlic, ginger, white parts of the green onions and lemongrass and sauté until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
  3. Add chicken broth, reserved mushroom liquid, soy sauce, cinnamon stick, star anise and black pepper. Bring mixture to a slow boil and then add chicken, soaked and fresh mushrooms and Thai chilis. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes.
  4. Add bok choy and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove lemongrass, cinnamon and star anise and stir in sesame oil.
  5. Serve, garnished with green onion tops, cilantro, sesame seeds and lime wedges.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried mushrooms (shitake or mixed)
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1 Tbsp Farm Boy™ Virgin Cold-Pressed Sunflower Oil (4 L)
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2" peeled ginger sliced 1/8 inch thick
  • 6 green onions thinly sliced (whites and greens divided)
  • 1 stem lemongrass trimmed, outer leaves removed, halved and pounded lightly with the back of a knife
  • 6 cups Farm Boy™ Organic Chicken Broth
  • 2-3 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce or to taste
  • 1 Farm Boy™ Cinnamon Stick
  • 1 Farm Boy™ Star Anise
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • Salt to taste
  • 500 g boneless, skinless chicken thighs cut into 1” pieces
  • 227 g sliced mushrooms
  • 2-3 Thai chilis
  • 4 cups baby bok choy cut into 1" pieces
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1/3 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
  • 1 lime cut into wedges
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