Chicken meatballs with onions

 

Ingredients

Ground chicken...300g

Fried tofu...1/4 pack

Egg...1

Enoki mushrooms...1/4 pack

Green onion...1

Ginger tube

Sugar

Salt and pepper

Potato starch

Salad oil

Sake

Mirin

Soy sauce

Preparation

Separate the egg whites and yolks.

Directions

1. Put the ground chicken, ginger tube, 1 teaspoon each of sugar, and a pinch of salt and pepper into a frying pan and knead until sticky. Add the fried tofu and egg whites and mix well.

2. Cut the enoki mushrooms into 1cm lengths with kitchen scissors and add them to the pan. Add 1 tablespoon of potato starch and mix thoroughly.

3. Gather the filling together and shape into bite-sized ovals. Arrange them spaced apart.

4. Add the green onions, cut into 4cm lengths with kitchen scissors, to the empty space in the frying pan, drizzle with 1 tablespoon of salad oil and heat over low to medium heat. Once browned, flip and cook until golden brown on both sides.

5. Add 3 tablespoons each of sake and mirin, 1 1/2 tablespoons each of sugar and soy sauce, and simmer for 3-4 minutes, stirring thoroughly. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with white sesame seeds, if desired, and garnish with an egg yolk.