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Fish Ball Soup

March 3, 2018 7 Comments

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Easy soup with dried seaweed and traditional fish balls. I have made a large batch of fish balls  and they turn out so amazing and so much better than previous ones, so I get the possibility to make a small groups of dishes with fish balls. The most common usage for fish balls is to make curry fish balls or cook some with soups, either noodle soup or pure soups.

Dries seaweed (紫菜) is a popular soup ingredient in Chinese cuisine with a quite long history. It is considered as the best plant source of umami. So the soup combines the plant umami and protein. Usually, we make seaweed with egg drops. Within only 15 minutes, we can present a pot of yummy soup for our family members.

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Combining seaweed and fish meat in a soup is believed to be the most smart way of enjoying plant umami and protein umami. Although a few common ingredients are called in the soup, it produces a rich flavor.

Ingredients

  • 20 fish balls, store bought or homemade fish balls
  • 4g dried seaweed
  • 2l water
  • 1/4 tsp. white pepper
  • 1.5 tsp. salt
  • 1 tbsp. sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
  • 1 thumb ginger, smashed and cut into small sections
  • 1 cup of chopped green onion and coriander

Steps

Get a large soup pot, add water and ginger. Bring to a boil.

Slow down the fire and gently put the fish balls in. Heat until boiling with medium fire and then simmer for 20 minutes over slowest fire so the flavors of the fish balls can influence the water.

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Turn up the fire and add dried seaweed in.

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Boil for another 2 minutes. Turn off fire, add white pepper, light soy sauce, salt and sesame oil. Serve with chopped green onion and coriander.

fish ball soup|chinasichuanfood.com

5 from 3 votes
fish ball soup|chinasichuanfood.com
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Fish Ball Soup
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 
Traditionally Chinese seaweed and fish ball soup
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: Fish Ball
Servings: 3 serving as soup
Calories: 108 kcal
Author: Elaine
Ingredients
  • 20 fish balls ,store bought or homemade ones
  • 4 g dried seaweed
  • 2 l water
  • 1/4 tsp. white pepper
  • 1.5 tsp. salt
  • 1 tbsp. sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
  • 1 thumb ginger ,smashed and cut into small sections
  • 1 cup of chopped green onion and coriander
Instructions
  1. Get a large soup pot, add water and ginger. Bring to a boil.
  2. Slow down the fire and gently put the fish balls in. Heat until boiling with medium fire and then simmer for 20 minutes over slowest fire so the flavors of the fish balls can influence the water.
  3. Turn up the fire and add dried seaweed in. Boil for another 2 minutes. Turn off fire, add white pepper, light soy sauce, salt and sesame oil.
  4. Serve with chopped green onion and coriander.
Nutrition Facts
Fish Ball Soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 108 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 25mg8%
Sodium 1298mg56%
Potassium 243mg7%
Carbohydrates 3g1%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 330IU7%
Vitamin C 6.3mg8%
Calcium 49mg5%
Iron 0.9mg5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. Maureen says

    April 18, 2018 at 7:17 am

    5 stars
    I make this over and over. It is so easy and delicious, especially with the fish balls from the asian market! Thank you for sharing your skill and expertise! The photos really help and your English is outstanding.

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      April 18, 2018 at 3:51 pm

      Hi Maureen,
      Thanks for trying and lovely feedback.

      Reply
  2. Andy says

    September 12, 2019 at 3:44 am

    Can whiting be used?

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      September 12, 2019 at 8:43 pm

      Andy,
      Sorry I cannot give an accurate answer. I never cooked with whiting and have no idea about it’s features.

      Reply
  3. Marlene Lester says

    April 29, 2020 at 2:22 am

    5 stars
    OMG! This is delicious!! that being said, as much as I hate when someone reviews a recipe and changes, or substitutes almost every ingredient……..all I did was add a little roasted shrimp broth to the water (because I had it). and I’m sure it made it a little different, most of the recipe is yours and it is simple, quick and amazing!

    I’ve had these fish balls in the freezer for a while and since soup season is ending soon, here in GA, I wanted to go ahead and do something with them. Can’t wait for dinner now!

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      May 6, 2020 at 7:28 am

      Marlene!
      Thanks so much for your wonderful comment, made my day really. I get lots of struggling about simple and home friendly recipes and complicated recipe which can show skills. Then in the past two years, I tried very hard to introduce simple and home cooking friendly recipes and then simplify the complicated ones. I want to show how to cook delicious Chinese food for beginners, even not good at cooking! You know me, really. You know me.

      Reply
  4. A_Boleyn says

    September 5, 2020 at 9:34 am

    This looks like a delicious pot of soup. I recently came home from the grocery store with a package of fish balls and i’d like to make it but I DO have a question about the type of seaweed that I can use. I have some dried wakame seaweed in the pantry. Do you think it would be suitable?

    Reply

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