Dining with the Chef

Authentic Japanese Cooking: Kneading - Tsukune and Shiitake Soup

Our theme of this episode is kneading. We'll teach you how to make chicken tsukune meatballs for a soup, by kneading ground chicken until it develops enough stickiness to come together into balls. We'll also show you the unique Japanese ingredient you can add to make your tsukune meatballs light and tender. Our soup this week has a wonderfully high-class feel to it as well. Finally, we'll show you an alternative way to serve the tsukune meatballs, with a sweet and savory mitarashi sauce.