chicken meatball with udon noodle soup
Japanese chicken meatball and udon noodle soup
by Liv
August 27, 2011

Japanese chicken meatball and udon noodle soup

Recently my morning sickness is starting to pass and I’ve started cooking again. It feels really nice to cook again and it feels equally nice to start sharing new recipes with you again.

I made this Japanese chicken meatball and udon noodle soup recipe today and it’s so delicious. Well, my body and my baby really like it anyway. I’ve found one of my biggest challenges of early pregnancy is to find food I like. I discovered to find the right food during early pregnancy is almost like mission impossible. I’ve never been picky with my food. There are literally just a handful of foods I really don’t like but most of my favourite foods I now can’t stand.

I’ve also found pregnancy makes me feel really bloated, so no heavy meals at all or I will fill bloated and ill afterwards.

I’ve also always really liked Japanese food but through my first trimester Japanese food is the one thing I can regularly eat and really enjoy. I guess this is because Japanese food is really light to eat, extremely fresh and Japanese food tends to be a little bit sweet. Oh, and I love icecream now. I’ve become obsessed with Cornetto’s!

So even though I know how to make quite a few different kinds of sushi I’ve now started to collect Japanese recipes online and to buy recipe books. I’m definitely not an expert with Japanese food but I do know a few recipes and I’m also one of the biggest fans ever of Japanese. Chris is loving this btw as he absolutely loves Japanese food. Here is the first Japanese recipe I will share with you.

I’ve also attached the baby scan I had last week. We discovered our baby is 11 weeks and 4 days old and measures 4.8cm long. It was incredible having the baby scan. Both Chris and I were nearly in tears watching our baby jump in my womb and watching it shake it’s arms and legs as well as seeing it’s heart beat. To say we’re happy and excited is an understatement.

So anyway, hope you like this pregnancy friendly Japanese chicken meatball and udon noodle soup recipe.

chicken meatball soup with udon noodle soup
baby scan

 

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Japanese Chicken Meatball and Udon Noodle Soup

Course Main Dish
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 2 people

Ingredients

Ingredients for chicken meatballs

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 2 shiitake mushrooms
  • 1/2 spring onion
  • 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Ingredients for udon noodle soup

  • 3 packs udon noodles
  • 1 bunch mange tout
  • 1 bunch baby corn
  • 1 pack lily mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp miso
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1/2 spring onion
  • water

Instructions

  1. Cut the chicken breast into small dices. Roughly chop both the spring onions and shitake mushrooms and put the chicken breast, spring onions and mushrooms into a food processor. Blend everything together until you’re left with a fine mixture.
  2. Add eggs, soy sauce, salt, pepper powder and ginger into the processor along with everything from step 1. Blend again for between 1 and 2 minutes.
  3. Boil some water in a pan. Take 2 tablespoons and roll some of the mixture between the spoons to make the meatball shape. Once you have a meatball place the meatball into the boiling water to cook.
  4. When the meatball has risen to the top of the water the meatball is cooked. Place the meatballs aside for now.
  5. After all of the meatballs are cooked use the same water you used to cook the meatball for stock to cook the noodles with. Before placing the noodles into the soup make sure first of all you have enough water. If necessary you can add some more. Also before placing the noodles in the water add spring onions, miso, soy sauce and salt to season the soup.
  6. Make sure the miso has completely dissolved in the soup, there can’t be any lumps at all. Once the soup is boiling place the udon noodle in the boiling soup and allow to cook for 2-3 minutes.
  7. Once the noodle has cooked then add all of the vegetables and the meatballs into the soup and allow a minute or two for the vegetables to cook. It’s now ready to serve.

 

By Liv

Illustrator by day, home chef at night. I worked as a professional chef for many years but now I draw for a living. I now cook just for the love of cooking. The recipes on this website are all influenced by things I have eaten in different locations around the world.

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6 Comments

  1. Tres Delicious

    Looks appetizing. Congratulations for a fine baby in the making.

    Reply
    • admin

      Hi,

      Thank you for the congratulations.

      Reply
  2. Simone

    I saw your noodle soup on foodgawker and popped on over to have a look and I love that soup. Congratulations on your pregnancy too!

    Reply
    • admin

      Hi Simone,
      Thank you for your comment. Really happy you like the soup and thanks for the congratulations.

      Reply
  3. ramon taveras

    5 stars
    Hello,just finished cooking the soup.I really enjoyed it.I made one change,i used grass fed beef instead.I was going to use dashi,to replace water.There was no need to,the meat created the broth.I made to many meatballs,since the meal was just for me.I ate every single one,so I’m stuffed.Now I know I can use ground meat to make udon noodle soup.I usually make Niko Udon.Thanks for the Recipe,I will be eating lots of it.

    Reply
    • admin

      Hi,
      You’re very welcome! I’m so glad you enjoy this recipe. I will try your version next time as well. Sounds so delicious!

      Reply

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