Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, homemade kimchi hot pot with fluffy tofu meatballs. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Homemade Kimchi Hot Pot with Fluffy Tofu Meatballs is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Homemade Kimchi Hot Pot with Fluffy Tofu Meatballs is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have homemade kimchi hot pot with fluffy tofu meatballs using 26 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Homemade Kimchi Hot Pot with Fluffy Tofu Meatballs:

1. Prepare Hot pot soup
2. Make ready 4 tbsp A- Miso
3. Take 1 tbsp A- Soy sauce
4. Prepare 1 tbsp A- Cooking sake
5. Take 1 tbsp A- Garlic (grated) *paste is fine too
6. Prepare 1 tbsp A- Chicken stock granules
7. Make ready 1 tsp A- Weipa (if available, also fine without it)
8. Make ready 1 tbsp A- Gochujang
9. Make ready 1200 ml Water
10. Make ready Tofu meatballs
11. Prepare 300 grams Tofu (Silken)
12. Prepare 150 grams B- Chicken thigh (ground)
13. Make ready 2 tbsp B- Japanese leek (minced)
14. Make ready 1 tbsp B- Katakuriko
15. Prepare 1 tbsp B- Ground sesame seeds
16. Make ready 1 tbsp B- Ginger (minced)
17. Make ready 1 B- Egg
18. Take Hot pot ingredients
19. Get 1 bunch Bok choy
20. Get 150 grams Chinese cabbage
21. Make ready 1 Enoki mushrooms
22. Prepare 2 slice Aburaage
23. Make ready 1 bunch Chinese chives
24. Make ready 1/2 bunch Mizuna greens
25. Prepare 1 Carrot
26. Make ready 200 grams Kimchi

Instructions to make Homemade Kimchi Hot Pot with Fluffy Tofu Meatballs:

1. This time, I used this "Chef Kawagoe's Recommended" kimchi. I recommend it since it's exactly at 200 g, and has a delicious "umami" taste from vegetables and seafood.
2. Combine and mix all the A- ingredients.
3. It's done once it's mixed like this.
4. Peel the skin off the carrot, and thinly slice it into strips using a peeler.
5. Slice like this. Thinly slice the remainder of the carrot and put them all together.
6. Using a clean cloth, squeeze out excess water from the tofu.
7. Squeeze out as much water as you can, and once it looks crumbly like this, it's done.
8. Combine and mix all the ingredients from step 7 and B-.
9. Mix well until it starts to get sticky.
10. In a hot pot containing 6 cups of water, add in the seasoning ingredients from step 3 and bring to a boil over medium heat. Spoon the tofu meatballs from step 9 into the pot.
11. Cover the pot and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat. It's done once the meatballs start to float to the surface like this. Set aside the meatballs in a bowl at this point.
12. For vegetables, let's prepare the ones you like. Make sure to drain excess oil from the aburaage (cut into your preferred size) by pouring boiling water over it.
13. Add those veggies that take time to cook first, such as the core of the bok choy, Chinese cabbage, etc.
14. Once they're wilted a little, add the carrot and aburaage.
15. To finish, add the enoki mushrooms, mizuna greens, Chinese chives, kimchi, and tofu meatballs. It's done after having simmered for about 5 minutes. It's a delicious soup with plenty of flavor.

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