Hot & Sour Soup - South Beach Diet Recipe (Phase 1)

5 cups canned no-salt added chicken broth, undiluted
1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 tsp minced fresh ginger
1 (4 oz) skinned and boned chicken breast half, cut into thin strips may sub pork tenderloin
1/3 cup canned bamboo shoots, cut into thin strips
1/3 cup rice vinegar
1/4 c low-sodium soy sauce
1/4 tsp hot sauce
1/8 tsp pepper
1 egg white, lighly beaten
1/4 cup sliced green onions
1/4 cup fresh snow pea pods
1 Tbls cornstarch (I don't use this much, but it is what the recipe calls for)
1/4 cup water

Combine first 3 ingredients in a 2 quart saucepan; bring to a boil. Add chicken; simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes. Add bamboo shoots; simmer 5 minutes. Add vinegar and next 3 ingredients; bring to a boil. Drizzle egg white into soup, sitrring constantly. (Lacy strands will form.) Stir in green onions and snow peas. Combine cornstarch and water; stir into soup mixture. Bring to a boil; boil 1 minute, stirring gently. Serve immediately.