Vegan MoFo - Noodle Soup

I have mentioned before that I don't often make the same thing twice, but this soup is an exception.  This is on regular rotation in our house, we usually have it once every week to two weeks.  It is delicious & best of all it makes hardly any dishes unlike pretty much everything else I cook!

Ingredients (makes 2 big servings)

• 5 cups stock (I use massel chicken stock)
• 2/3 cups dried shitake mushrooms
• 90 gms dried soba noodles
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp miso paste
• 12 dumplings (I use frozen bought ones)
• 1 bunch pak choy

Method

1. Heat the stock in a large saucepan & add the shitake mushrooms
2. Simmer until the mushrooms have softened, about 10 minutes
3. Add the soy sauce & miso paste
4. Add the dumplings which take about 15 minutes to cook from frozen
5. Add the noodles & the pak choy& cook for about 4 minutes further until the noodles are cooked
6. Serve & top with a couple of drops of sesame oil if desired or some chilli sauce