Recipe#25010

Title: Japanese Egg Custard Soup

From:"sharon@sols.com"
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:26:36 -0800 
Per serving: 52 Calories; 3g Fat (51% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; 120mg Cholesterol; 972mg Sodium
NOTES : Total Grams- 5.3; Grams/serving- 0.9

1      cup           julienne-cut chicken or diced shrimp  -- cooked
   3                    water chestnuts -- diced
   6                    mushrooms -- diced
   2                    scallions -- chopped
   1      tablespoon    sherry (or water)
   4                    eggs -- beaten
   1      teaspoon      salt
   3      cups          beef stock
  12                    spinach or lettuce leaves
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. (149 degrees C.).
Combine chicken or shrimp, water chestnuts.  Divide mixture evenly between 6 oven proof custard cups. [* see note following recipe.]  
Beat eggs, salt and stock togethe.  Pour into custard cups.  Cover each cup with two spinach or lettuce leaves.  (IMO, spinach adds more flavor.) 
Place filled custard cups in large pan with 3 inches of boiling water.  Cover entire pan with silver foil (shiny side to the inside) and bake for 30 mins or until set.  (When sharp knife inserted into custard pulls out clean.)
[*The cookbook actually states "Divide sugar substitutely into 6 custard cups."  Please do not follow those directions in the cookbook.  They were obviously an error!] 
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