Friday, March 28, 2014

Cooking Lab - Chicken Soup w Meatballs and Tofu (芥菜豆腐清雞湯)

餐桌上的溫暖。

天氣開始轉冷,就很想喝熱湯。
今晚做的是芥菜豆腐肉丸清雞湯。

Meatballs are great in soup and they can be made in advance or you can use frozen fish balls as an alternative.

Now meatballs in soup - doesn't that sounds like a filling meal already?




(c) GMV - Got My Vote!



The perfect winter warmer soup for the cold days. 
Healthy but naughty....hey! You can't just pick out the meatballs .... you have to eat the healthy tofu and nutritious veggie too!  


Ingredients:

- Baby Mustard Cabbage (aka Gai Choy) x 1 bunch

- Pre-made meat balls x 12 

(See Meatball Recipe Here:
Mini Parsley Meatballs Recipe

- Premium chicken stock 2L
- Silk tofu sliced x 1 packet
- Bonito flakes 10g
- Sesame seaweed mix 5g
- Light soy sauce 10ml
- Mirin 5ml
- Salt to season


Instructions:

1. Bring a medium pot of chicken stock to a boil.


2. Cut the baby mustard cabbage in small pieces.


3.Flavor the soup with light soy sauce and a dash of mirin.



4.Add the baby mustard cabbage and let it simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes.

(Note: let the mustard cabbage absorb as much of the stock essence as possible, so it will have the melt-in-the mouth tenderness.)


5. Add the tofu slices and also let them simmer in the chicken stock broth.




6. Lastly, add the meatballs to the soup and cook for further 5 minutes.



7. Serve the soup hot in individual bowls.


8.Garnished with bonito flakes and sesame & seaweed seasoning.

9.Serve as per the picture.

A very hearty, soul-warming soup in a stormy night. 


用熬煮的雞高湯,加入健康長壽的青芥菜鋪底,快滾後,再加入豆腐,最後上頭再放上炸香的小肉丸

用自己做的小丸子,吃起來很清爽也很健康。

暖暖的清湯,簡單卻不失美味~