Clear Soup with Wheat Gluten and Wakame Seaweed is all about the unique ingredient called ‘fu’ (麩, wheat gluten) or ‘ofu’ (お麩) to be more polite. Putting flower-shaped colourful fu pieces and wakame seaweed in a clear soup turn a simple soup into a visually attractive dish.
If you are a vegetarian/vegan, use konbu dashi or shiitake dashi.
Don't forget to see the section 'MEAL IDEAS' below the recipe card! It gives you a list of dishes that I have already posted and this recipe that can make up a complete meal. I hope it is of help to you.
- 10 pieces flower-shaped yakifu (note 1)
- 10g/0.6oz wakame seaweed (fresh or rehydrated)
- 1 okra (blanched and thinly sliced, note 2)
- 400ml/13.5fl oz dashi stock
- ¼ tsp cooking sake
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp light soy sauce
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Put yakifu pieces in a small bowl filled with water and leave it for about 5 minutes until the yakifu pieces are completely rehydrated (i.e., the centre of the yakifu is soft).
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Squeeze the water out of the yakifu.
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If your wakame seaweed pieces are long, cut them into bite size pieces.
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Put the Broth ingredients in a saucepan and bring it to a boil.
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Place yakifu and wakame seaweed in two serving bowls.
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Pour the broth over them and scatter the okra pieces.
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Serve immediately.
1. Please refer to the section ABOUT FU in the post for details with photos. I used flower-shaped yakifu but you can use other types.
You can buy yakifu at Japanese grocery stores. You can also order it online, but unfortunately depending on the country you live in, the delivery cost could be much more than the cost of a yakifu pack.
2. Since you only need one okra, it is probably easier to microwave it instead of boiling water to blanch it. Wrap okra in cling wrap and microwave it for 30 seconds or so.
Mitsuba is usually added to clear soup to add green colour, but I used sliced okra as an alternative. Other alternatives include mizuna leaves and blanched snow peas.
3. Nutrition per serving.
serving: 214g calories: 55kcal fat: 1.8g (3%) saturated fat: 0.4g (2%) trans fat: 0g polyunsaturated fat: 0.4g monounsaturated fat: 0.5g cholesterol: 2mg (1%) sodium: 670mg (28%) carbohydrates: 3.6g (1%) dietary fibre: 0.3g (1%) sugar: 0.1g protein: 6.2g vitamin a: 0% calcium: 19mg (1%) iron: 0.4mg (1%) potassium: 309mg (9%)