Chicken Drumstick and Chinese Cabbage Soup Using Shio Koji
I'm going to show you how to make delicious, heart-warming soup using chicken drumsticks and Chinese cabbage. We will cook them slowly for a long time until the drumsticks become fall-off-the-bone, melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness. You'll love this soup. So let's get started!
Ingredients
For marinating chicken drumsticks
- 700 g (1.5 lb) chicken drumsticks
- 3 tbsp (3 tbsp) shio koji
Other ingredients for making the soup
- 1 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil
- 640 g (1.4 lb) Chinese cabbage
- 1 (1) onion
- 300 ml (1.3 cups) water
- 5 g (0.2 oz) chicken stock or consomme (in dry form (powder, cube, etc.))
- shio koji or salt (to your taste)
- black pepper (to your taste)
directions
Marinating chicken drumsticks
- Have the drumsticks marinated in shio koji for several to 24 hours.This will make the meat softer and juicier
Making the soup
- Chop up Chinese cabbage and onion into large pieces.
- Add some oil to a large pan over medium heat and add the drumsticks. We'll sear the surface of these drumsticks.
- Once they are lightly seared, add a little bit of water.A lot of water will come out from the vegetables later on, so we don't need a lot of water at this point.
- Then add chicken stock or consomme in dry (powder, cube, etc.) form.
- Then stack all the vegetables over the meat: harder ones at the bottom, and softer ones at the top.
- Cover the lid. Once it starts boiling, reduce the heat to low, and let it cook slowly like this for an hour.
- Okay, an hour has passed. Let's open the lid and stir. Do you see a lot of water has come out of the vegetables? That's all flavor. The vegetables and the drumsticks have become really soft and they are ready to eat.
- Taste the soup and make final adjustments according to your taste. I added some shio koji and black pepper. You can use salt instead of shio koji, if you prefer. And it's done. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- Feel free to adjust the ingredient amounts to your taste.
- What Is Shio Koji? (The Complete Guide)
- How to Make Shio Koji (Recipe)
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Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 538.6kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 46gFat: 29.5gSaturated Fat: 6.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6.6gMonounsaturated Fat: 13.2gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 215.7mgSodium: 1107.8mgPotassium: 881.6mgFiber: 0.9gSugar: 2.3gVitamin A: 950.6IUVitamin C: 14.3mgCalcium: 128.9mgIron: 4mg