Kenchin Soup with Tofu, Chicken & Dried Shiitake Mushrooms

Name: Kenchin Soup with Tofu, Chicken & Dried Shiitake Mushrooms
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 100 to 150 grams Chicken (thighs or breasts); 5 to 10 cm long Daikon radish; 1/2 Carrot; 2/3 to 1 piece Konnyaku; 1/2 to 1 block Firm tofu; 3 Dried shiitake mushrooms; 1000 to 1300 ml Japanese dashi stock (including the shiitake mushroom soaking water); 50 to 60 ml Soy sauce; 50 ml Sake; 1 tbsp Sugar

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

In our household, when I season the soup with miso and use pork we call it Buta-jiru (pork soup). When I season the soup with soy sauce and use chicken, we call it Kenchin soup. I normally double the quantity that would be too much for small families. I halved it to make a recipe to post.

I like thickly-sliced daikon and carrot because they absorb a lot of broth. Recipe by Pukuttopukumaru

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I like thickly-sliced daikon and carrot because they absorb a lot of broth. Recipe by Pukuttopukumaru

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Ingredients

[Ingredients]
100to 150 grams Chicken (thighs or breasts)
5to 10 cm long Daikon radish
1/2Carrot
2/3to 1 piece Konnyaku
1/2to 1 block Firm tofu
3Dried shiitake mushrooms
[Broth]
1000to 1300 ml Japanese dashi stock (including the shiitake mushroom soaking water)
50to 60 ml Soy sauce
50 mlSake
1 tbspSugar

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Steps

1

[Chicken] Cut into small bite sizes.
2

[Daikon & Carrot] Slice into slightly thick quarter rounds.
3

[Konnyaku] Rub with salt and rinse well. Tear it into small pieces using your fingers or a spoon.
4

[Tofu] Drain with a sieve.
5

[Dried shiitake mushrooms] Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in plenty of water to rehydrate. Slice thinly. Reserve the soaking water and mix with Japanese dashi stock later.
6

Heat the vegetable and sesame oil in a large pot. Put in the chicken and fry until its colour has changed. Add the rest of the ingredients and fry further.
7

When the ingredients are coated with oil add the stock. Bring to the boil and skim off the scum on the surface. Add the soy sauce, sake and sugar and cook for a while.
8

After the vegetable are cooked through add the tofu broken into small rough pieces.
9

Cook for a while and it is done. Ladle into individual bowls and sprinkle chopped green onion on top.