Japanese Food and Drink Ideas

Rice Cake Soup

Japanese rice cake is called mochi, and this is a great recipe for mochi soup.
For US to UK equivalents see this rough guide

Recipe Ingredients:

• 5 cups water
• 5 pieces rice cake, purchased
• 4 pieces chicken thigh
• 1/2 cup mushrooms
• 1/2 cup leek
• 1/2 cup carrot
• cabbage 1/2 cup
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp Sake
• 2 tbsp soy sauce

Method:

Slice carrots, mushrooms and leeks and keep aside. Chop chicken thigh into small pieces.

In a frying pot combine water, sake, soya sauce and sugar and let it to boil. Boil for 5 min.

Add chicken pieces to the pot and boil for another 5 min. Add the carrots and mushrooms and leeks. On low heat cook until chicken and veggies cooked properly.

Add the grilled rice cakes to the soup. Let it boil for 2-3 min and remove from the heat.

Serve with soy sauce.

As with all recipes which involve cooking and baking a sensible approach must be taken especially when dealing with warm or hot (temperature) ingredients. If you are unable to take due care, please do not attempt to make any of these recipes. All recipes are tried at your own risk.

For US to UK equivalents for food weights and measurements see this rough guide

Whilst these recipes may be freely used they may NOT be reproduced in any format (for example -electronic or paper based) without the website owners PRIOR agreement.