Heck yes.

A shockingly easy immune-boosting soup, inspired by the Bo Kong Vegetarian Restaurant. Feel free to replace some types of mushrooms with others if some aren’t available or you have special in-season faves.

In a stock pot, heat:

14 cups water [or as much as it takes to fill your stock pot about 4/5 full]

Add:

1/2 cup ginger, incredibly finely chopped [I did it in the food processor]

1 clove garlic, as above

1 bunch scallions, sliced finely

6 tbsp Bragg’s

3 “beef” bouillon cubes

3 tbsp traditional dark soy sauce

1 tsp sea salt

Mushrooms, lots: about 6 cups total of the following: white button, thinly sliced; oyster, chopped; shiitake, thinly sliced; enoki, separated into “noodlish” strands

4 leaves Thai basil, chiffonaded [sp.?]

2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

2 tbsp vegetable or canola oil

Bring to a boil. Lower heat to simmer. This is a good time to taste the broth and add more herbs or Bragg’s or whatever is required. Also add:

Half a package of rice vermicelli, broken up into reasonably soup-length bits of 2″ or so

Simmer for about 10 minutes, so that the mushrooms release their contribution to the broth and the vermicelli is fully cooked. Add:

1 package [about 1/2 cup] pea shoots, cut into 1″ pieces

4 cups baby bok choy or sui choy, sliced

IF AVAILABLE: 1 package watercress, chopped into 1″ pieces.

Add, simmer very briefly, then take off heat and let the greens just wilt.

2 Comments »

November 18th, 2008 shibuiyoga Says:

ok- I wanted to comment on every blog you wrote but I don’t have the patience. First- you are a bloggin’demon woman. I love it love it love it. I love you love food. I love you share recipes. I love that you have weird yoga dreams…I think I actually had a weird teaching dream the same night as you. It was really weird because during centering my students were all screwing around and getting up and doing their own asana ( I think it was a new group of students…I don’t remember seeing faces I knew…) and I blew a gasket and told them to go home and we would try this again next week if they could learn to listen by then. I had a big fight with Lauren about it and I was mad because she was more interested in keeping students than “keeping the seat of the teacher..” I know..wacko. Love you, love your class, love your blog.
xxoo

November 18th, 2008 einajs Says:

You are too kind my friend! LOL @ our crazy yoga dreams. Seriously, when I woke up I wasn’t sure it was a dream; my first inclination was to wonder whether my email inbox was full of complaints…I was so relieved to just see the usual Nigerian bank scams

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