Shrimp Ball Soup
- 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
- Peel and devein the prawns.
- Put shelled prawns and all remaining shrimp ball ingredients in a food processor.
- Cut tofu and bok choy into small pieces.
- Put water, salt, soy sauce, mirin and pepper in a pot.
- Bring it to a boil on medium heat.
- When it starts boil, add bok choy and tofu.
- Spoon shrimp balls into soup.
- When shrimp ball turns pink, skim off foam with a ladle.
- Mix 1 Tbsp starch with 2 tsp water and add the starch-and-water mixture to the soup.
- Beat the egg.
- Pour the egg in a very thin stream over the surface.
- Turn off the heat.
- Add vinegar and mix gently.
- You won't notice the vinegar, but a small amount of vinegar makes it taste better.
- Try it!
water, salt, soy sauce, white pepper, corn starch, water, white vinegar, prawn, salt, corn starch, egg, white pepper, choy, egg
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/246128-shrimp-ball-soup (may not work)