This Hawaiian inspired soup is called saimin. Sai means thin. This is a common fast food dish found in the Hawaiian islands. You can locate it at coffee shops even the local McDonald’s. Essentially this soup dish is a thin ramen noodle in a clear broth garnished with green onions, fish balls, bit of ham or cha siu (BBQ pork). Hey, maybe one day soon food trucks will be serving noodle soups in various combinations.
Recipe:
1 lb fresh saimin noodles or dried ramen
4 cups clear broth
1/2 cup fish balls
8 oz char sui, thinly sliced
2 cups chopped fresh spinach
6 green onions, thinly sliced
Instructions:
1.In a large pot of boiling water, cook the saimin or ramen noodles for at least 4 min. Drain the noodles and divide evenly into 4 bowls.
2.In a small pot of boiling water, cook the frozen fish balls till done. Reserve.
3.Heat the broth till almost boiling and then scoop into the soup bowls.
4.Garnish your soup with fish balls, cha siu slices, spinach evenly into the 4 bowls. Serve with soy sauce or hot sauce.
Yields 4 servings.
Adapted from saveur.
Julie, Did you make fish balls, find them frozen or just cut up fish into ball shapes? Looks really good with a variety of interesting flavours and colours
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my fish balls were frozen ones that I bought at an asian store… Some markets also sell fish meal which is ground up fish and you could add fresh fish balls to the soup. Enjoy!!!
This looks so good. Thanks!!!