Geoduck Winter Melon Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 dried black mushrooms
• 2 ounces squid cleaned
• 8 ounces fresh winter melon in 1/2" cubes
• 4 ounces Geoduck clam meat (or giant clam or Manilla clam meat)
• 3 cups chicken stock (or canned chicken broth)
• 1/3 cup diced carrot
• 1/4 cup quartered button mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons frozen peas thawed
• 1 tablespoon small diced smoked ham
• 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine (or dry sherry)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly-ground white pepper