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Shrimp and Fish Balls Noodle Soup

Connie Veneracion
A quick and easy lunch or dinner, egg noodles topped with frozen fish balls, shrimps, bok choy and scallions are served in dashi. Shrimp and fish balls noodle soup is a marriage of Chinese and Japanese cuisines.
Shrimp and Fish Balls Noodle Soup
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian Fusion
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 8 cups dashi
  • 400 grams fish balls, thawed (see notes after the recipe)
  • 400 grams shrimps, shelled and deveined (thawed if using frozen)
  • 1 bunch bok choy
  • fresh egg noodles, to serve four
  • fish sauce
  • sliced scallions, to garnish

Instructions
 

  • Heat the dashi in a pot.
  • When the dashi boils, drop in the fish balls. Cook for five minutes.
  • Drop the shrimps into the broth. Cook for two minutes.
  • Scoop out the fish balls and shrimps. Keep the broth simmering.
  • Into the simmering broth, add the bok choy. Cook for five minutes and scoop out.
  • Taste the broth. Add fish sauce if it has turned bland.
  • Divide the noodles, fish balls, shrimps and bok choy among four bowls.
  • Ladle in hot broth.
  • Top the shrimp and fish balls noodle soup with sliced scallions before serving.

Notes

I’m using the term “fish balls” here in a loose sense. In Asian groceries, you can find fish balls (seafood balls, to be more precise) in so many flavors. Lobster balls and cuttlefish balls were used here. You may opt for shrimp balls, squid balls or basic fish balls.
Shrimp and Fish Balls Noodle Soup with Bok Choy and Scallions
Keyword Noodle Soup
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September 26, 2020 : All Recipes, Asian Fusion, Seafood

About Connie Veneracion

To feed my obsession with Asian cultures, I created Devour Asia. Why Asia? It goes back to my childhood through early adulthood. Chinese food, Samurai and Voltes V, Asian Civilizations and World History. Read more.

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