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Meatballs miso broth recipe

Ingredients /nutrition

  • 400 g minced pork
  • 1/4 cup finely shredded leek, soaked in water
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp finely grated ginger
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp potato starch
  • 1 thinly sliced carrot
  • 280 g thinly sliced daikon
  • 180 g fresh shimeji mushrooms
  • 2 tsp dashi powder dissolved in
  • 1 1/2 l water
  • 120 ml sake
  • 1 1/2 tbsp red miso paste
  • 1 1/2 tbsp white miso paste
  • 180 g spinach
  • 1 finely sliced spring onion (scallion)
  • 2 tbsp finely grated daikon salt to taste
  • 4 cups cooked Jappanese rice

Methods / instructions

  1. To make meatballs, mix the first 7 ingredients from the ingredient list and set aside.
  2. Arrange carrots, daikon and mushroom in a casserole dish or Japanese nabe pot.
  3. Pour over dashi mixture and sake and cover pan.
  4. Place on a hotplate.
  5. Bring soup to boil, remove lid and reduce heat.
  6. Take out 125 ml cooking liquid and combine with red and white miso pastes in a bowl.
  7. Transfer the miso mixture back to the pot and stir.
  8. Drop in spoonful of meatball mixture and cook on medium heat.
  9. Add remaining ingredients and serve when all ingredients are cooked.

Servings: 4

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