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Japanese Clear Soup with Chicken and Snow Peas

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Japanese Clear Soup with Chicken and Green Beans

Japanese Clear Soup with Chicken and Green Beans

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Traditional Japanese clear soup is called sumashijiru or suimono. It's usually lightly seasoned to emphasize the flavor of dashi. Various vegetables, meat, seafood, or mushrooms can be used in suimono.

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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • 8-12 snow peas
  • 3 1/3 cups bonito dashi soup stock
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp sake

Preparation:

Trim the ends of snow peas. Boil snow peas for a minute and soak them in water to cool. Slice snow peas into thin strips. Cut chicken breast into bite-size pieces. Heat bonito dashi soup stock in a pan. Add chicken and simmer until cooked. Season with salt, sake, and soy sauce. Add snow peas and cook for a minute.
*makes 4 servings
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