Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, basic clear soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Basic Clear Soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Basic Clear Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Clear soup is usually made with veggies like carrots, french beans, mushrooms, cabbage, bok choy, cauliflower, broccoli, yellow onion, celery stalks & sweet corn. Simmer all the veggies in water and strain the vegetable stock. Saute garlic, ginger and some more veggies in oil. Clear soups have the power of being soothing but also filling, and the process of making them is very easy and fast most of the time.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have basic clear soup using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Basic Clear Soup:
- Prepare 4 cups Dashi *find about ‘Dashi Stock’ at http://www.hirokoliston.com/dashi-stock/
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Salt
- Get 1 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- Make ready <Add two or three of the following>
- Get *Note: Large vegetables need to be cut into small pieces or slices
- Make ready 1/2-1 block Tofu
- Get 1-2 Egg
- Make ready 100-200 g Chicken Balls
- Make ready 100 g Fish
- Get Clams
- Take 100-200 g Prawn Balls
- Make ready Mushrooms (Shiitake, Enoki, Shimeji, Maitake, Oyster Mushroom)
- Take 5-6 Snow Peas
- Take 1/4 bunch Garlic Chives
- Get 1/4 bunch Spinach
- Make ready 1/4-1/2 Carrot
The above image is the clear soup with a piece of Cod, Enoki and Spring Onion. Clear soup is usually seasoned with Salt and Soy Sauce. Depending on the ingredients, Sake (Rice Wine) and Mirin are also used. The above image is the clear soup with a piece of Cod, Enoki and Spring Onion.
Steps to make Basic Clear Soup:
- Heat Dashi Stock (OR Water & Dashi Powder) in a large saucepan or a pot, add the ingredients and cook them in the stock until cooked. - *Note: Use about 2 teaspoons Dashi Powder for 4 cups Water OR according to the instruction on the package.
- Note: You should season the soup before adding Tofu, Egg, already cooked Vegetables or anything that can be cooked quickly.
- Season the soup with Salt and Soy Sauce. Sprinkle with finely chopped Spring Onions and serve.
- *Yuzu Peel: A small piece of Yuzu Peel can be added instead of Spring Onion. As Clear Soup has a very delicate flavour, Yuzu Peel, that has a wonderful fragrance, makes the soup smell and taste nicer. Only if you are lucky to find Yuzu Fruit.
- *Mitsuba: Mitsuba, Japanese parsley, is also popularly used to add a fragrance to the Clear Soup. But I know Mitsuba is also very difficult to find.
Depending on the ingredients, Sake (Rice Wine) and Mirin are also used. The above image is the clear soup with a piece of Cod, Enoki and Spring Onion. Add chopped onions and carrots to it. Stir in dashinomoto, salt and soy sauce. Clear soups can be made with meat, fish and vegetable stock.
Learn How to Improve Your Mood with Food
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Now you know that junk food isn’t necessarily what you need to eat when you want to help your moods get better. Try a few of these instead!
