Beef meatball and soba noodle soup
Ingredients
Simple ingredients, wonderful result.
Step-by-step method
Make it your own, one easy step at a time.
- 01
Step 1
In a medium saucepan combine stock, water, sugar, lemongrass & sliced ginger. Place on medium heat and simmer.
- 02
Step 2
Meanwhile combine the white parts of the spring onions, remaining ginger, and garlic in a food processor. Pulse till finely chopped. Add breadcrumbs, fish sauce and beef. Pulse until the mixture comes together (don’t over mix!).
- 03
Step 3
Form heaped-tablespoons of the mixture into meatballs by firmly rolling them between your palms. This mixture is very easy to roll and should yield about 20 or so meatballs.
- 04
Step 4
Add oil into a large pot over high heat, add meatballs and leave to brown on one side for 3 minutes. Carefully flip meatballs over and brown for another 2-3 minutes.
- 05
Step 5
Add simmering stock to the pot with the meatballs through a sieve (to catch the ginger and lemongrass, which you can discard). Turn the heat down and let the meatballs simmer gently for 5 minutes.
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Step 6
Add the soba noodles and cook for 3 minutes. Add sugar snap/snow peas, cook for another minute.
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Step 7
Serve soup in large bowls, with generous squeeze of lemon juice and some sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
Tips
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To bruise the lemongrass, simply bash it with the back of a heavy knife on your cutting board all along the stalk. If you cannot find lemongrass, you may replace it with a few strips of lime peel instead.
