CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM SOUP

Ingredients:
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2 cloves    garlic, crushed
4 sprigs    coriander
1.5 tsp     peppercorns, crushed
1 tblsp     vegetable oil
4.5 cups    chicken stock
5           Chinese dried black mushrooms, soaked for about 1 hr. and
           coarsely chopped
1.25 tblsp  fish sauce
4 oz        chicken (or a bit more), cut into strips
2           green onions, thinly sliced
Coriander to garnish

Instructions:
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Using a pestle and mortar or sm.  food processor, pound or mix garlic,
coriander sprigs and peppercorns to a paste.  In wok, heat vegetable
oil, add paste and cook for 1 min., stirring.  Stir in stock, mushrooms
& fish sauce.  Simmer 10 mins.

Add chicken, reduce heat & cook gently for 5 mins.  Scatter green onions
and coriander over surface to garnish.