Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  6               Cups  chicken stock
     1/4            Lb  julienned lean pork or chicken
  2               Tbsp  garlic & red chile paste
  2               Tbsp  soy sauce
     3/4           Tsp  ground white pepper
  4                     eggs -- beaten
  5               Tbsp  cornstarch
  1                Cup  sliced shittake mushrooms
  1                Can  peeled straw mushrooms
  1                Can  sliced bamboo shoots
  1                Can  sliced water chestnuts
  1                Can  baby corn ears
  1                     cake soft tofu -- sliced into 1/4
  1               inch  cubes
     1/4           Cup  white vinegar
  1                Tsp  sesame oil
     1/4           Cup  dried black fungus (cloud ears) -- soaked in water
                        for
                        one hour, drained and sliced
                        finely chopped scallions for garnish

Preparation:

1. Bring stock to a simmer, add soy, pork, mushrooms and chile paste, simmer for 10 minutes. 2. add pepper, vinegar, bamboo, baby corn, water chestnuts, fungus and tofu, simmer 10 min 3. Mix cornstarch with 5 tbsp water and add. bring back to a simmer and pour the eggs in a very thin stream over the surface. Let stand for 10 seconds before gently stirring in the sesame oil. 4. serve with a garnish of chopped scallions. The pepper, vinegar and chile paste can be varied to taste. You're a chile-head, you know what to d

Nutritional Information:

619 Calories (kcal); 23g Total Fat; (39% calories from fat); 29g Protein; 52g Carbohydrate; 748mg Cholesterol; 15167mg Sodium