Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Kimchi mushroom soup

Kimchi is a favorite of the Korean people. They will take kimchi daily. They will consume kimchi with rice, vegetables and soup. Practically with every lunch and dinner Koreans have a soup as well.


Spicy Kimchi Mushroom Soup
Spicy Kimchi Mushroom Soup 
Kimchi mushroom soup is a Korean style hot and spicy soup.This is a vegetarian soup. If you want a mild soup, omit the kimchi and chilli powder and substitute with salted mustard leaf, sliced into bite size pieces.



                              Recipe summary
                                        For
                         Kimchi mushroom soup

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes

 Serves : 4


Kimchi
Kimchi
1.  Heat 4 tablespoons sesame oil in a saucepan and sauté 5 shitake mushrooms stems removed, sliced thin for about 8 
minutes and add 3 cloves garlic minced, 5 grams ginger finely chopped and 1 teaspoon chilli powder. Stir and continue frying for another 2 minutes.



Enoki mushroom
Enoki mushroom




2. Add 2 teaspoons soy sauce, 2 cups of water, 500 ml vegetable broth, 150 grams soft tofu cut into cubes tofu, and 100 grams kimchi, cut into bite-size pieces . 


Spicy Kimchi Mushroom Soup
Spicy Kimchi 
Mushroom Soup 

3. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes, covered. Add 50 grams enoki mushroom base trimmed and continue simmering for another 5 minutes.

4.  Remove from heat.

Kimchi mushroom soup is ready.
                                 
                Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 35 minutes
 Serves : 4


We are going to use shiitake mushroom and enoki mushroom in this recipe. Both these mushrooms are of Japanese origin.
Shiitake mushroom has anti-cancerous and antifungal properties.

Shiitake mushroom
Shiitake mushrrom
Nutrition facts of shiitake mushroom for 145g (1 cup) of cooked mushrrom
81calories
21 grams carbohydrates
5 grams sugar
3 grams fibre
2 grams protein
Source: mercola.com

Enoki mushroom (aka Enokitake) is rich in antioxidants and has anti-cancerous properties. This mushroom also strengthens the immune system.

Enoki mushroom
Enoki mushroom
Nutritional properties of enoki mushroom:
Per 100 grams of enoki mushroom
346 calories
53% Carbohydrates (31% complex and 22% other sugars)
26% protein

3% fat

Ingredients
Main
5 shitake mushrooms, stems removed, sliced thin
50g enoki mushroom, base trimmed
Others
4 tablespoons sesame oil
150 grams soft tofu cut into cubes
5 grams ginger finely chopped
500 ml Vegetable broth
2 teaspoons soy sauce
3 cloves garlic minced
100 grams kimchi, cut into bite-size pieces
2 cups of water
Spices
1 teaspoon chilli powder 


Kimchi
Kimchi
Method  
     Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté shitake mushrooms for about 8 minutes and add garlic, ginger and chilli powder. Stir and continue frying for another 2 minutes.
Garlic, onion and ginger
Garlic, onion and ginger
2.       Add soy sauce, Water, vegetable broth, tofu, and kimchi. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes, covered. Add enoki mushroom and continue simmering for another 5 minutes.
3.       Remove from heat.
Spicy Kimchi Mushroom Soup
Spicy Kimchi Mushroom Soup 


4.       Ladle soup into individual bowls and serve with rice.

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