cellophane noodle soup with wakame, shimeji mushrooms & beaten egg

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ingredients:

• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried wakame
• 3 ounces package of shimeji
• mushrooms
• 1 1/3 ounces cellophane
• noodles
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/3 cups chicken broth or soup stock
• suitable amount of sesame oil
• 1/2 cup water for soaking dried wakame

step 1:

Soak the dried wakame seaweed in the 1/2 cup of water for about 15 minutes to reconstitute it. Drain the water.

step 2:

Cut off the roots of the shimeji mushrooms. Beat the egg.

step 3:

Boil the chicken broth or soup stock and add the wakame, shimeji mushrooms and cellophane noodles.

step 4:

After boiling, add the soy sauce and salt. Simmer for 30 seconds.

step 5:

Add the beaten egg. Mix a couple of times. Add the sesame oil and stir. Remove from heat.