Chinese Lamb Soup With Rice Noodles

Ingredients

• 15 dried shiitake mushrooms
• 1 1/8 pounds lamb leg steaks 1 lb 2 oz, trimmed, cut into 1 cm, 1/2 in pieces
• 2 1/2 tablespoons chinese rice wine or dry sherry
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 2 1/2 teaspoons fresh ginger very finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 6 1/3 cups chicken stock good-quality
• 2 1/2 tablespoons palm sugar grated, jaggery
• 4 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 star anise
• 2 orange zest x 1 cm, 1/2 in wide strips, white pith removed
• 3 1/2 ounces rice vermicelli dried
• 2 spring onions scallions, trimmed, thinly diagonally sliced, to serve
• 1/2 cup coriander cilantro leaves, roughly chopped, to serve

Nutrition

• Calories : 320 calories
• Carbohydrate : 52 grams
• Cholesterol : 10 milligrams
• Fat : 5 grams
• Fiber : 2 grams
• Protein : 14 grams
• Sodium : 1080 milligrams
• Sugar : 18 grams