Chinese Soup with Cellophane Noodles and Fluffy Light Chicken Meatballs

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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

Chinese Soup with Cellophane Noodles and Fluffy Light Chicken Meatballs

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

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Ingredients

  1. 800 mlThe cooking liquid from making chicken meatballs -
  2. 1as many (to taste) Chicken meatballs (optional)
  3. 1King oyster mushroom
  4. 4cm Carrot
  5. 30 gramsCooked bamboo shoots in water (canned or vacuum packed)
  6. 1 dashDried wood ear mushrooms
  7. 20 gramsZha cai (Chinese pickles)
  8. 1Cellophane noodles (dried)
  9. 1Pea shoots
  10. 1 tbspSake
  11. 1 tspSalt
  12. 1 dashPepper
  13. 1/2 tspSesame oil

Cooking Instructions

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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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