Hot-Sour Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. chicken stock or broth
4 dried Chinese mushrooms
8 tiger lily buds
1/4 c. bamboo shoots, cut into 1/4-inch strips
1/4 lb. pork, cut into 1 x 1/4-inch strips
1 (8 oz.) cake fresh, firm tofu, well drained and cut into 1/4-inch strips
2 Tbsp. chopped scallions (with tops)
1 tsp. sesame oil
1 egg, beaten

Preparation

Soak mushrooms and lily buds in hot water for 30 minutes. Drain; cut off and discard tough stems.
Cut mushrooms into thin strips.
Cut lily buds in halves.