Recipe: Perfect Basic Clear Soup

Basic Clear Soup.

You can cook Basic Clear Soup using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Basic Clear Soup

1. Prepare 4 cups of Dashi *find about ‘Dashi Stock’ at http://www.hirokoliston.com/dashi-stock/.
2. Prepare 1 teaspoon of Salt.
3. You need 1 tablespoons of Soy Sauce.
4. It's of <Add two or three of the following>.
5. You need of *Note: Large vegetables need to be cut into small pieces or slices.
6. It's 1/2-1 block of Tofu.
7. It's 1-2 of Egg.
8. Prepare 100-200 g of Chicken Balls.
9. Prepare 100 g of Fish.
10. You need of Clams.
11. Prepare 100-200 g of Prawn Balls.
12. Prepare of Mushrooms (Shiitake, Enoki, Shimeji, Maitake, Oyster Mushroom).
13. You need 5-6 of Snow Peas.
14. It's 1/4 bunch of Garlic Chives.
15. You need 1/4 bunch of Spinach.
16. You need 1/4-1/2 of Carrot.

Basic Clear Soup instructions

1. 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..
2. Note: You should season the soup before adding Tofu, Egg, already cooked Vegetables or anything that can be cooked quickly..
3. Season the soup with Salt and Soy Sauce. Sprinkle with finely chopped Spring Onions and serve..
4. *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..
5. *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..