Asian Mushroom Barley And Vegetable Soup
Lovely rich filling soup - asian flavours.
Steps
Soak dried mushrooms in 1 1 / 2 cups boiling water for 15 minutes.
Drain but reserve the liquid.
Discard mushroom stems and thinly slice the cups.
Heat a small amount of oil in saucepan.
Over medium heat saute the leeks , garlic , ginger , celeray and carrots for 5 minutes until leek is softened.
Add stock , soy sauce and barley , sliced mushrooms and reserved mushroom liquid.
Boil gently for 30 minutes until the barley is plump.
Ingredients
dried chinese mushrooms, leeks, garlic clove, gingerroot, celery, carrot, chicken stock, light soy sauce, pearl barley