Hawaiian Saimin Soup

Lorac's Note:

A traditional Hawaiian noodle soup from Ono Recipes. Posted by request

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 lb freshsaimin noodles or 1 lb somen noodles or 1 lb other fine white-flour noodles
• 4 cups dashi
• 1 bunch spinach , chopped
• 4 ounces kamaboko , thinly sliced (Japanese fish cake)
• 8 ounces char siu pork , thinly sliced (Chinese roasted pork)
• 6 scallions , trimmed and chopped
• pepper
• 2 beaten eggs (optional)
• shoyu (soy sauce)

Directions:

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat, add noodles and cook until tender but firm, about 3 minutes.
2. Drain noodles and divide evenly between 4 large, deep soup bowls.
3. While noodles cook, heat dashi over medium heat until simmering but not boiling, (stir in beaten eggs- optional).
4. Evenly divide spinach between the bowls of noodles, then ladle about 1 cup dashi into each bowl.
5. Garnish soup with slices of fish cake and pork.
6. Scatter scallions on top and season with pepper.
7. Serve with soy sauce.

Reviews

[Judy from Hawaii]

This is a very nice - and authentic - saimin. Someone gave dh about 2 lbs of fresh saimin, but no instructions on how to prepare it. He went online to search for a recipe & found it - here on Zaar! We had all of the ingredients except the spinach. The recipe was easy to follow & resulted in a saimin enjoyed by the whole family. Thanks, Lorac!