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Shiitake And Lemongrass Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped lemongrass
• 3 cups mushroom broth or vegetable broth
• 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 cup coarsely chopped spinach

Directions

1. In a saucepan melt 1 tablespoon of the butter over medium-high heat.
2. Add onion and lemongrass and cook 5 minutes.
3. Add broth and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
4. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve or a colander lined with cheesecloth.
5. Discard onion and lemongrass.
6. In a skillet melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter over medium-high heat.
7. Add mushrooms and cook 5 minutes.
8. Stir in vinegar and pepper.
9. Stir in spinach.
10. Top each serving with cooked mushrooms.

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