Chicken meatballs with winter melon soup

Name: Chicken meatballs with winter melon soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 wedge winter melon, cut into thin slices; 1 large umeboshi plum; 4 slices ginger; 2 dried shiitake mushrooms (rehydrated overnight); 200 g Minced chicken; 2 tbsp dried wakame; Black pepper; 1 tbsp mirin; 1/2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine; 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil

Gem @Gem_beloved

Singapore

Made a light refreshing broth from umeboshi, young ginger and dries shiitake mushrooms. I didn’t use any flour in the chicken meatballs but bulk them up with wakame instead for that glossy smooth texture.

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Ingredients

1wedge winter melon, cut into thin slices
1large umeboshi plum
4 slicesginger
2dried shiitake mushrooms (rehydrated overnight)
200 gMinced chicken
2 tbspdried wakame
Seasoning for mince chicken
Black pepper
1 tbspmirin
1/2 tbspChinese cooking wine
1 tbsptoasted sesame oil

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Steps

1

Rehydrate dried wakame. Squeeze out as much moisture as possible and cut into small pieces.
2

Mix wakame and mince chicken together with seasoning and set aside for at least 30mins.
3

In a large pot, put in shiitake mushrooms, ginger and umeboshi. Bring to a boil. Then let it cool, flavours will develop better in this way.
4

Add in winter melon, cook till translucent about 15 mins on low simmer. Then add in minced chicken meatballs, cook for about 3-4 minutes till done!