Hot & Sour Mushroom Soup

Yield: 3 servings  

Ingredients

3 c Vegetable stock

1 tsp Pepper sauce

1 Inch Lemon grass -- finely chopped into rings

3 Kaffir lime leaves -- roughly torn into three

1 tsp Sugar

2 tbsp Lemon juice

2 oz Oyster mushrooms -- coarsely separated - OR- button mushrooms

2 small Fresh red or green chilies - (more if desired) -- crushed to split open  

Directions

In a large pan, bring the vegetable stock to the boil and stir in the Pepper sauce. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer, stirring well until the mushrooms are just cooked but still al dente. Pour into a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.