Immune Soup

Immune Soup

Ingredients

• 8 cups (237 ml) water
• 1 tablespoon (15 ml) olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 bulb garlic (at least 10 cloves), minced
• One 1 1⁄2 inch (3 1⁄2 cm) piece of fresh ginger root grated
• 1 1⁄2 cups salted chicken soup stock (see recipe below) or vegetable stock or herbamare
• 2 cups fresh, sliced shiitake mushrooms
• 1 large reishi mushroom
• Miso - available at Asian groceries (optional if you cant find it don’t worry)
• Fresh chilli, turmeric, Sage, thyme, oregano

Method
Bring water to boil in large pot. Heat olive oil, sauté garlic, onions, chilli and ginger until soft and aromatic. Add contents of skillet to water. Add stock, shiitake, astragalus, and reishi. Simmer covered for two hours. Remove from heat, allow to sit for two more hours. Remove  reishi mushrooms. Reheat. Add other herbs to taste. Then add the miso.