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Pork meatball and crab soup, Bakso style

Pork meatball and crab soup, Bakso styleimage
image showing recipe preparationPreparation timeelementPreparation time10 min
image showing recipe preparationCooking timeelementCooking time30 min
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Ingredients:

Meatballs:

  • 200 g ground pork
  • 200 g crabmeat
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 2 chives or 1 spring onion
  • 1/2 chicken stock cube
  • Pepper
Broth:
  • 100 ml vegetable stock
  • 1 L of water
  • 1 stick of lemongrass
  • 1/2 red chilli pepper
  • 1 spring onion 
  • 1 teaspoon pepper

Seasoning:

  • A few coriander leaves
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Instructions:

 Meatballs:

  • Slice the spring onion and crumble the stock cube
  • Mix the minced pork, crab, minced chives, flour, crumbled chicken stock cube, salt and pepper.
  • If your meat mixture seems too liquid, add a little flour. It will absorb the moisture from the crab meat and amalgamate the stuffing.

Broth:

  • Slice the chilli and chives. Cut the lemongrass in three.
  • Boil the broth, water, chilli pepper, pepper, chives and lemongrass sections then simmer in a large stockpot for 10 minutes.

Cooking the meatballs:

  • Form balls with your meat mixture.
  • Reduce heat and poach meatballs to a low boil for 10 minutes. They are cooked when they come to the surface.
  • Serve hot broth over the meatballs and sprinkle with coriander leaves and a drizzle of sesame oil.
Energy Total carbs Sugar Total fat Saturated fat Omega 3 Fibers Sodium
270.2 Kcal 13.4 g 0.9 g 15.1 g 4.7 g 0.7 g 1.6 g 503.2 g

The nutritionist's advice:

For a more balanced recipe, bamboo shoots, black mushrooms, and noodles can be added to the broth to make a complete dish.

Beware of industrial stocks, which are often very salty. You can make your own stock by browning a chicken carcass with a herb filling before simmering it over low heat in water for at least 45 minutes.