Chinese Cucumber Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 cups chicken broth or 6 cups vegetable broth
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 medium cucumbers, peeled, seeded
• 8 teaspoons sesame oil
• 8 mushrooms, washed, thinly
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar or 1 tablespoon wine
• 4 scallions, chopped
• 1 pn ginger powder

Recipe

• 1 place the broth in a soup pot and bring it to a boil. add the cucumbers, mushrooms, scallions, salt , and pepper.
• 2 cover the soup pot and cook gently over low-medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
• 3 blend the soup in a blender. add the extra seasonings-sesame oil, vinegar and ginger- and blend well.
• 4 refrigerate the soup for a few hours and serve cold. or reheat the soup and serve it hot as the chinese do.