Mushroom, chicken and kombu broth

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This recipe is so simple and requires just a small amount of prep, with shiitake mushrooms for a depth of flavour

Mushroom, chicken and kombu broth

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Ingredients

  • 2 large handfuls of spinach leaves, shredded

  • 3 or 4 pieces of dried Kombu, each roughly 5 inches long

  • 1.5l good quality chicken stock

  • 1 heaped tsp miso paste

  • 1 thumb of ginger, peeled and cut into matchsticks

  • 2 tbsp mirin

  • 2 chicken breasts, sliced into pieces

  • 1 carrot, peeled and cut into short matchsticks

  • 200g of shiitake mushrooms, sliced

  • toasted sesame seeds, to serve

Method

  1. In a large saucepan, heat the chicken stock to boiling and leave simmering. Add the ginger, miso paste and mirin, stirring through and cook for a minute or two.

  2. Slice the mushrooms thinly and add to the broth along with the chicken, spinach and kombu.

  3. Cover the saucepan and cook for roughly 4 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. Ladle the broth into bowls and top with some matchstick carrots and toasted sesame seeds.

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