Chicken Meatballs Soup

Chicken Meatballs Soup

Meatballs… not necessarily spaghetti and meatballs… Yummy Meatballs… not necessarily made by ground beef… here’s a simple recipe of Chicken Meatballs Soup, healthy, fast, & easy!!!

Meatballs:

* 0.5lbs of ground chicken

* 1 scallion; chopped

* 1 teaspoon of cornstarch

* soy sauce (to taste; I only used ½ tablespoon of soy sauce, because I don’t like my food too salty)

Soup:

* 1/6 lbs of daikon (you really don’t need much; my whole daikon was 0.49lbs, and I only used 1/3 of it)

* 1 scallion; chopped

* 4 cups of water

* salt (to taste)

* 1 teaspoon of sesame oil

Directions:

* in a medium bowl, combine ground chicken, scallion, cornstarch & soy sauce; gently stir until the mixture is well mixed.

* how to shape the meatballs…?? I love the old trick that my mom taught me… grab a bunch of the mixtures in my hand, and squeeze it out in between my thumb and my index finger (see below pic).

* bring 4 cups of water to boil in medium pot; add all the meatballs into the pot and simmer

* when you see the meatballs cooked on top that means your meatballs are 90% cooked; add daikon.

* simmer for another 10 minutes and turn off the heat.

* season soup to taste with salt + sesame oil; add the scallion on the top of the soup.

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my cost…
Ground Chicken	$1.50	(I bough the prepacked ground chicken,
		$2.79/lbs, total 1.07lbs ($3.01), only used half)
Scallion	$0.08	($0.20/bundle, total 5 scallion, only used 2)
Daikon	$0.11	($0.70/lb, total 0.49lb, only used 1/3)
Total	$1.69		*cost is not including the seasonings.