Japanese Vegetable Soup With Chicken Kenchin Jiru Recipes

PERFECT CHICKEN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add chicken breasts, onion, and garlic; cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth into the pot; bring to a boil. Stir in potatoes, cabbage, and carrot. Simmer soup until potatoes are tender, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Bring soup back to a boil. Drizzle in eggs, stirring until cooked, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.

JAPANESE VEGETABLE SOUP WITH CHICKEN (KENCHIN-JIRU)

Steps:

• Scrape burdock root with the back of a knife to remove all skin. Shave root diagonally into narrow, thin shavings, about 1 inch long. Place shavings in a mixture of 1 cup of cold water and he vinegar. Soak 3-4 minutes; rinse under cold running water and drain.
• Cut potato lengthwise into quarters; cut quarters crosswise into thin slices. Place in remaining cup of cold water; soak five minutes. Drain.
• Cut daikon and carrot lengthwise into quarters; cut quarters crosswise into thin slices. Cut green onions crosswise into 1/2 inch lengths. Remove and discard mushroom stems. Cut caps into halves; cut halves crosswise into thin slices.
• Place tofu in strainer; using fork, break tofu into pieces no larger than 1/2 inch. Rinse and drain.
• Heat the oils in a 3-quart saucepan over high heat 1 minute; add chicken and saute, stirring constantly, until chicken is cooked, about 3 minutes.
• Add burdock, potato, daikon, and carrot to chicken. Saute, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add dashi, soy sauce, and salt to chicken mixture. Heat to boiling, then reduce heat to medium-high. Boil gently until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes, skimming any foam, if needed.
• Stir mushrooms and tofu into soup; cook 2 minutes. Stir green onions into soup and remove from heat.
• Ladle soup into 4 soup bowls and serve immediately. Pass seven spice powder or sansho at table.

JAPANESE CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Stir fry chicken and vegetables in oil over medium heat for a few minutes.
• Add broth; bring to a boil, then lower heat to simmer.
• Add half of the miso mix.
• When vegetables are cooked, add remaining ingredients (except green onion).
• Garnish with green onion.

HEARTY CHICKEN VEGETABLE SOUP I

Steps:

• Place chicken, onion, celery, salt, basil, and pepper in a 10 quart stock pot. Fill stock pot with water until ingredients are fully covered and bring to a boil. Let simmer for 1 and 1/2 hours or until chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken from pot with slotted spoon and set aside for later.
• Add carrots, squash, zucchini, mushrooms, red pepper, tortellini, chicken soup base and uncooked noodles to stock pot and increase temperature to medium heat.
• While noodles and vegetables are cooking, tear chicken apart from bones. Cut up into pieces and add to soup in stock pot. Be sure to add additional water if ingredients are not fully covered. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for about 10 minutes or just until noodles are cooked. Enjoy