HOT AND SOUR SOUP

Ingredients : - 2 ½ quarts chicken stock. - 1 block (16 oz) of tofu, cut into 1 ½ inch long strips. - 5 shitake mushrooms, cut into thin slices. - ½ cup soy sauce. - ½ tsp white pepper. - ½ cup white vinegar. - 1 ½ cups bamboo shoot strips. - 2 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 4 tsp water. - 3 eggs, beaten. - 1 tsp sesame oil. How to cook : - Combine first seven ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil. Drizzle the cornstarch mixture into the soup, stirring to thicken. Then drizzle beaten eggs into soup, stirring. Top with sesame oil.