Green Jade Soup - Crossroads Community Farm

Ingredients

• 4 dried shiitake mushrooms
• 1 C boiling water
• 6 C vegetable stock (or chicken)
• 1 1/2 T grated fresh ginger root
• 1 1/2 C thinly sliced carrot rounds AND/OR Beauty Heart Radish
• 3 C chopped bok choy, tatsoi, Chinese cabbage, kale, or broccoli
• 1 1/2 C thinly sliced leeks or onions
• 2 C firmly packed spinach or chard or Kale
• 1 cake tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes OR 1/2 pound cooked chicken cut into strips
• salt
• several drops dark sesame oil
• 1 green onion chopped as garnish - optional