Singapore Mushroom Soup

Ingredients

 * chicken
 * 2 spring onions
 * 1 onion, diced
 * 125 g button mushrooms
 * 3¾ cups chicken stock (made as part of this recipe)
 * 1 carrot, diced
 * 1 tbsp sherry
 * chilli sauce as required
 * soya sauce as required
 * 2 cm piece fresh ginger, sliced
 * chopped green chillies in white vinegar as required
 * salt and pepper as required

Directions

 * 1) Slice the spring onions and mushrooms thinly.
 * 2) For the stock, boil the chicken in plenty of water (to which the diced onions and carrots have been added) till the chicken becomes soft.
 * 3) To the above stock, add ginger and spring onions; bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes
 * 4) Add the mushrooms and simmer for another 10 mins.
 * 5) Remove the ginger from the soup, add the sherry and seasoning to taste.
 * 6) Serve hot along with the chilli sauce, soya sauce and chillies in vinegar.