Glass Noodle Miso Soup with Chicken Meatballs

Name: Glass Noodle Miso Soup with Chicken Meatballs
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 200 g ground chicken (breast or thigh or mix); 1 egg; ½ tbsp yellow miso paste (awase) (or blend of red & white); ½ tsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 2 tbsp cornstarch (or other starch like potato or tapioca); ½ tsp grated ginger root (or ginger paste); 1 clove grated garlic (or garlic paste); 700 ml dashi stock (homemade or tea-bag style preferred); 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms (thinly sliced); ½ Japanese leek (naganegi) (white part, diagonally cut); ½ tbsp dried wakame seaweed; 1 leaf Napa cabbage (thinly sliced); 30 g thin glass noodles (harusame) (mung bean type preferred); 2 ½ tbsp yellow miso paste (awase); finely chopped green onions; toasted sesame oil; ground black pepper (to taste)

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:10min

This unique variation of miso soup combines hot pot vegetables, fragrant chicken meatballs and silky glass noodles to create a nourishing fusion soup that is perfect for winter!

Updated at: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 03:41:49 GMT