
I have just harvested Yuzu fruit from my Yuzu tree, that I planted in a pot 3-4 years ago. To enjoy the fragrance of zest of Yuzu fruit, the best way is to add a small piece of zest to Japanese clear soup. When I harvested Yuzu fruit last year, I shared my Fish Clear Soup recipe. This year, I want to share this Chicken Tenderloin Clear Soup. The soup smelled so good with Yuzu zest, but finely chopped Spring Onion is equally good.
Makes
4 Servings
Ingredients
3 to 4 Chicken Tenderloins
Salt & White Pepper
1 tablespoon Potato Starch Flour
Zest of Yuzu Fruit, Mitsuba, Spring Onion, etc. for fragrance
Soup
4 cup Dashi Stock *OR Water and 2 teaspoons Dashi Powder
1 tablespoon Sake (Rice Wine)
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Soy Sauce *alter the amount according to your preference
Method
- Remove the tough tendon from Chicken Tenderloins, cut into bite-size pieces, and place on a plate. Lightly season with Salt and White Pepper, sprinkle with Potato Starch and thinly coat. *Note: Remove excess starch.
- Heat Dashi Stock and Sake in a large saucepan. Season with Salt and Soy Sauce. Gently add Chicken pieces into the boiling soup and cook for a few minutes or until cooked. It won’t take long.
- Serve in a soup bowl, add additional ingredients for flavour and fragrance. Today I added Mitsuba and zest of Yuzu. *Note: It can be very difficult to find Mitsuba and Yuzu fruit outside Japan. It is quite easy to grow them in plant pots.
Comments
Gloria
6/04/2024
Hello! Since it is hard to find these items outside of Japan as you note in the recipe, *Note: It can be very difficult to find Mitsuba and Yuzu fruit outside Japan, what can be substituted in their place that will not alter the soup taste?
Hiroko
7/04/2024
Gloria, I am afraid there is nothing that can substitute Yuzu. In Melbourne where I live, some Asian grocery stores sell dried Yuzu rind and that is not bad, but there is no other substitute. I used to use young Italian parsley to substitute Mitsuba, but I would rather add some finely chopped Spring Onion instead.
My Yuzu tree in pot hasn’t grown much but it gives me some small fruit every year, and I can enjoy soups with the Yuzu fragrance once again. It’s a very special thing to me as you can guess.