Chinese Ginger Meatball and Watercress Soup
From superfoodman 14 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Great chinese soup recipes!
Ingredients
- 8 ounces water chestnuts shopping list
- 1 pound finely ground lean pork shopping list
- 4 1/2 teaspoons peeled and minced fresh ginger shopping list
- ground white pepper, to taste shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce shopping list
- 2 1/8 teaspoons cornstarch shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
- Serve as the first course of a traditional Chinese dinner or alone as a light nutritious supper. shopping list
- MEATBALLS: Finely chop 12 of the water chestnuts. Reserve the remaining ones for garnish. Combine the pork, ginger, chopped water chestnuts, soy sauce, cornstarch, salt and pepper. Mix well and form into balls 3/4 inch in diameter. These may be made in advance and frozen. Be sure to thaw completely in refrigerator before poaching. shopping list
- Soup: shopping list
- 5 cups vegetable stock shopping list
- 5 cups chicken stock shopping list
- salt shopping list
- freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 2 bunches watercress chopped shopping list
- 3 green onions, finely chopped shopping list
How to make it
- Bring the vegetable stock and chicken stock to a simmer in a large pot. Put a fourth of the meatballs in the broth and poach until they rise to the top. Remove and keep warm. Repeat with the remaining meatballs. About 20 minutes prior to serving, return stock to a boil and add the meatballs. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes Note: Meatballs will be slightly pink in the center even after the second cooking. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Turn heat to medium low. Add the watercress and green onions. Cook, uncovered, for a few minutes until watercress is slightly wilted and bright green in color. Add the remaining water chestnuts and cook for 1 minute so that they remain crisp. Serve immediately.
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Sounds yummy! I will have to look for ground pork.
a1patti
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Good one
hungrybear
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very interesting and this is perfect soup weather thanks for posting going to make tomorrow
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