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Pork meatball pho
- Published: 2 Oct 19
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
An aromatic and spicy noodle soup is the tastiest way to end the day, with or without chopsticks.
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Or opt for chicken with this aromatic chicken pho noodle soup recipe.
Ingredients
For the soup base:
- 1 litre good-quality beef stock
- 5cm pece fresh ginger, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, bashed
- 1 star anise
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 400g flat dried rice noodles
For the meatballs:
- 6 cream crackers
- 1 lemongrass stalk, white part only, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Handful fresh coriander
- 250g free-range pork mince
- 1 medium free-range egg, beaten
- 2 tsp fish sauce
To serve:
- Large handful fresh herbs, such as coriander, mint and Thai basil
- 1 red chilli, finely sliced
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
- Soy sauce (optional)
Method
- For the soup, put the beef stock in a saucepan with the ginger, garlic, star anise and fish sauce, then heat gently to bring to a simmer. Turn down the heat and keep warm.
- To make the meatballs, put the cream crackers in a food processor and whizz to a fine crumb. Add the lemongrass, garlic and coriander and whizz again to make a paste. (Or pound crackers and herbs to paste in a large pestle and mortar.) Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in the pork, egg and fish sauce with a large pinch of salt and pepper. Mix with your hands, then shape into 12 meatballs.
- Bring the soup back to a simmer, then remove the aromatics and discard. Lower the meatballs into the soup with a slotted spoon and simmer for 7 minutes until just cooked through. Remove to a plate.
- Cook the noodles according to the pack instructions, then divide among 4 bowls. Ladle the soup over the noodles, top with meatballs and serve with the fresh herbs, sliced chillies a lime wedge for squeezing and a splash of soy sauce, if you like.
- Recipe from September 2019 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 643kcals
- Fat
- 10g (3.6g saturated)
- Protein
- 40.4g
- Carbohydrates
- 95.3g (4g sugars)
- Fibre
- 4.8g
- Salt
- 3.5g
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