This Asian style Matzo Ball Soup recipe is made with a flavorful ginger scallion broth and shiitake mushrooms. Perfect for your modern Passover Seder menu.
Asian Style Matzo Ball Soup
This is definitely not your Bubble’s soup recipe, but I promise you that you’re going to love it. This Asian style Matzo Ball soup is super flavorful and addicting.
The matzo balls are cooked with soy, scallions, and a few other ingredients while the aromatic broth has ginger, sriracha, and a few other surprises.
If you’re hosting a Passover Seder this year, then refresh your menu with a few modern twists on the classic favorites.
Since matzo balls are so spongy and delicate, they can take any flavor you may like. I decided to go Asian this year. Next year, who knows? Maybe Indian or even Spanish?
Of course, you don’t have to wait for Passover to eat this Asian Style Matzo Ball Soup. They can be enjoyed all year round. If you’re eating them out of Passover, you can also add some rice noodles. It’ll make them taste more authentic.
If you’re worried about Kosher laws, simply buy all the ingredients needed in the Kosher store. That way it’ll guarantee you that the items are ok to eat on Passover.
This year the Seder is happening in my house and a lot of people are coming. My husband and I are trying to see how we can reconfigure our living room to fit more tables and chairs.
I am super excited because my girls are older and they want to participate in all the customs of eating out of the Seder plate and singing all the Passover songs in the seder.
While I am not a super religious person, I am proud of my heritage and love tradition. I hope when my daughters grow up they will continue the same customs and recipes that they learned from my grandma, my mom and me.
I hope you can try this delicious Asian Style Matzo Ball Soup at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.
Asian Style Matzo Ball Soup
Ingredients
For Matzo Balls:
- 2/3 cup Matzo Meal
- 2 Eggs lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce reduced sodium
- 1 Tablespoon oil
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 Teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 Teaspoon scallions chopped
For Broth
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 10 cups chicken stock
- 2 scallions chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 teaspoon Sriracha more or less to suit your taste
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 16 oz Shitake mushrooms sliced
Instructions
For Matzo Balls
- In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together
- Cover with plastic wrap and place refrigerate for 15-20 minutes or until thickened
For Broth
- In a stock pot, heat the oil medium-low heat
- Add the scallions, ginger and garlic. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until softened
- Pour in the stock, sriracha and soy. Taste for seasoning
- Let the soup boil then lower the heat until the soup simmers
- Add the mushrooms
- Remove matzo ball mixture from the fridge
- Form balls (1 teaspoon size) and throw them inside the simmering soup
- Matzo Balls will start floating when they are cooked
- Cook for 5 more minutes
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
LOVE PASSOVER? Here are a few recipes you may like:
Passover Bagels- Get the recipe HERE.
Matzo Icebox Cake – Get the recipe HERE.
Charoset – Get the recipe HERE.
Leave a Reply