INGREDIENTS:

• small chicken
  
• three stalks of green onion (chopped in long 3-4 inch pieces)
  
• thumb-sized piece of ginger root (slized in oval pieces)
  
• two cups of shiitake mushrooms
  (soaked in water if you're using dried mushrooms)
  
• water
• salt to taste
  

DIRECTIONS:

Put all of the ingredients in a big pot together. I don't know how much water you should use, just play around.

Boil the hell out of it. Or just until the chicken is done.

The broth should be a dark rich color from the mushrooms, but it should be clear, not opaque. You should experiment with the number of spices you use... more or less of the green onions and ginger to your taste.

When I was a kid, I always used to pour the broth over rice and eat it that way. I think that my parents used to think that I was weird, but now they're used to me.