Eight Treasures Winter Melon Soup Recipe

• 6 lrg dry black mushrooms
• 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
• 2 tsp dry sherry
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cornstarch
• 1 whl chicken breast skinned, bonned, and cut into 1/2" cubes
• 1/4 lb boneless lean pork cut 1/2" cubes
• 6 c. Basic Chicken Broth
• 1/2 lb winter melon hard skin cut off, cut into 1/2" cubes
• 2 ounce cooked crabmeat shredded
• 1/3 lb medium-size raw shrimp shelled, deveined, and coarsely minced
• 1 ounce Smithfield or possibly Virginia ham diced
• 1/4 c. canned straw mushrooms
• 1/4 c. frzn peas thawed
• 1 x egg white lightly beaten, (optional)
• 1/4 tsp sesame oil
• 1 dsh freshly-grnd white pepper

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