Spicy chicken miso soup with a poached egg
Everything tastes better when you put an egg on it. Put a softly poached egg on spicy chicken miso soup, and turn dinner from ho-hum into ho-ho.
Ingredients
1 litre beef, chicken or vegetable stock
20g instant dashi powder
2 tbsp mirin
4 tbsp soy sauce
1 onion, halved and sliced
1 carrot, peeled and chopped
3 tbsp red or white miso paste
150g curly kale leaves
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp finely grated ginger
1 tbsp finely grated garlic
500g minced chicken or pork
1 tbsp Sichuan or Korean chilli bean paste
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tsp cornflour
4 good eggs, poached
2 spring onions, finely chopped
2 tsp sesame seeds
Method
To make the soup, combine the stock or water, dashi powder, mirin, two tablespoons of soy, onion and carrot, and simmer gently for 10 minutes or until the carrot is tender.
2. In a small bowl, mix the miso paste with a ladleful of the soup broth, stirring, then return to the soup in the pan. Add the kale and simmer for three minutes.
3. To make the spicy chicken mince, heat the oil in a wok or frypan and fry the ginger, garlic and chicken, breaking up any lumps, until browned. Stir in the chilli bean paste and oyster sauce. Mix the cornflour with remaining soy sauce and add, stirring. Simmer for five minutes until saucy but still thick.
4. Divide the soup between four soup or pasta bowls, and add a good spoonful of spicy mince.
5. Top each soup with a poached egg, scatter with spring onions and sesame seeds and serve hot.
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