Shrimp Ball Soup

16 ingredients
15 steps

Ingredients

  • 720 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp Usukuchi light colored soy sauce
  • 1 tsp mirin (Japanese sweet sake)
  • to taste White pepper
  • 1 Tbsp corn starch
  • 2 tsp water
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • 200 g Prawn (7 oz)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp corn starch
  • 1/2 to 1 Egg white, more egg white makes the shrimp ball softer
  • to taste White pepper
  • 1 bok choy
  • 85 g Tofu (3 oz)
  • 1 Egg

Directions

  1. 1
    Peel and devein the prawns.
  2. 2
    Put shelled prawns and all remaining shrimp ball ingredients in a food processor.
  3. 3
    Cut tofu and bok choy into small pieces.
  4. 4
    Put water, salt, soy sauce, mirin and pepper in a pot.
  5. 5
    Bring it to a boil on medium heat.
  6. 6
    When it starts boil, add bok choy and tofu.
  7. 7
    Spoon shrimp balls into soup.
  8. 8
    When shrimp ball turns pink, skim off foam with a ladle.
  9. 9
    Mix 1 Tbsp starch with 2 tsp water and add the starch-and-water mixture to the soup.
  10. 10
    Beat the egg.
  11. 11
    Pour the egg in a very thin stream over the surface.
  12. 12
    Turn off the heat.
  13. 13
    Add vinegar and mix gently.
  14. 14
    You won't notice the vinegar, but a small amount of vinegar makes it taste better.
  15. 15
    Try it!

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