Chicken Meatball Hot Pot in Miso Broth – Happy Donabe Life

Ingredients

• 1 pound (450 g) ground chicken
• 1 tablespoon sake
• 3 tablespoons beaten egg
• 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 tablespoon katakuriko (potato starch)
• 1 qt (1 liter) kombu and bonito dashi or your choice of dashi
• 2 tablespoons sake
• 2 tablespoons mirin
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) miso
• 2 – 3 teaspoons white tamari or soy sauce
• 8 oz (240 g) mixed mushrooms such as shimeji, maitake, and enoki
• 14 oz (400 g) soft or medium firm tofu, cut into 8 cubes
• 4 oz (120g) rapini or spinach, cut into bite-size length
• Roasted golden sesame seeds, ground
• Yuzu shichimi Togarashi (Japanese seven-spice blend)