Chinese Soup with Cellophane Noodles and Fluffy Light Chicken Meatballs

Name: Chinese Soup with Cellophane Noodles and Fluffy Light Chicken Meatballs
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 800 ml The cooking liquid from making chicken meatballs -; 1 as many (to taste) Chicken meatballs (optional); 1 King oyster mushroom; 4 cm Carrot; 30 grams Cooked bamboo shoots in water (canned or vacuum packed); 1 dash Dried wood ear mushrooms; 20 grams Zha cai (Chinese pickles); 1 Cellophane noodles (dried); 1 Pea shoots; 1 tbsp Sake; 1 tsp Salt; 1 dash Pepper; 1/2 tsp Sesame oil

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This soup is a by-product of my chicken meatballs! Sometimes I make the chicken meatballs just because I want to have the delicious soup.

Whole unsliced zha cai is very salty, so soak it for a while to remove some of the salt before using. If you are using pre-cut zha cai (like the ones that come in jars), you can use it as-is. Recipe by Heartful Kitchen Rei

This soup is a by-product of my chicken meatballs! Sometimes I make the chicken meatballs just because I want to have the delicious soup.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

This soup is a by-product of my chicken meatballs! Sometimes I make the chicken meatballs just because I want to have the delicious soup.

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Ingredients

800 mlThe cooking liquid from making chicken meatballs -
1as many (to taste) Chicken meatballs (optional)
1King oyster mushroom
4cm Carrot
30 gramsCooked bamboo shoots in water (canned or vacuum packed)
1 dashDried wood ear mushrooms
20 gramsZha cai (Chinese pickles)
1Cellophane noodles (dried)
1Pea shoots
1 tbspSake
1 tspSalt
1 dashPepper
1/2 tspSesame oil

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Steps

1

Have the soup that results from making chicken meatballs ready..
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You an make a delicious soup with the poaching liquid from boiled chicken too..
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/153769-how-to-cook-moist-chicken-breast-for-boiled-chicken

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Strain the soup through paper towels. If there isn't enough soup, augment it with water. If the soup doesn't have enough flavor, add a little soup stock granules.
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Rehydrate the wood ear mushrooms by soaking them in water, and cut into 2-3 pieces each. Cut the carrot and king oyster mushroom into sticks. Slice the bamboo shoot thinly. De-salt the zha cai for a short time and then julienne.
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Simmer the cut up vegetables in the soup.
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Season with sake, salt and pepper. Add the chicken meatballs and cellophane noodles.
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I used these noodles this time. They don't have to be pre-soaked to rehydrate and can just be added to soups.
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Add a little sesame oil and some pea shoots that have been cut into 3 cm pieces, and the soup is done.
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You only need a small amount of pea shoots as garnish. I cut the roots off a pack I'd bought previously and put them in water to grow more shoots. I used these shoots in the soup this time.
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You can omit the chicken meatballs, and the soup will still be great. Add lots of mushrooms and vegetables.
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For light and fluffy egg drop soup
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/145855-fluffy-egg-drop-soup-with-boiled-chicken-broth

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The meatball-soup can be used to make Chinese style rice
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/155241-chinese-mixed-rice-with-chicken-broth

Chinese Mixed Rice with Chicken Broth