1. In a saucepan, combine dried mushrooms in stock over medium-high heat simmering for 5 minutes. 2. In a larger pot, melt butter. Add onion, saute' for 5 minutes, medium heat. 3. Add fresh mushrooms, and cook 2 minutes more. 4. Add garlic and stir quickly, 20 seconds. 5. Sprinkle onion/mushroom/garlic mixture with flour, salt and pepper. 6. Stir this whole flour mixture until incorporated. 7. Add soy sauce, and (optional Tabasco sauce if using) to flour mixture. 8. Add the mushroom stock, and porcini mushrooms, to larger pot and simmer for 15 minutes until mushrooms are tender. 9. Remove pot from heat. Using a hand held blender, or blender, blend all ingredients together until puree' making sure to leave some course bits. 10. Combine chicken with mushroom puree' and heat for 10 minutes. 11. Stir in half and half and heat until warm. 12. Put directly into soup bowls add chopped parsley for garnish. 13. Get that spoon and slurp her up now, and take off your shoes and feel the moment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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