Chinese Stock and Soups Recipes - Soup with Pork Balls and Noodles Recipe

Ingredients

• 50 g/2 oz rice noodles

• 225 g/8 oz minced (ground) pork

• 5 ml/1 tsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

• 1.5l/6 cups chicken stock

• 1 spring onion (scallion), finely chopped

• 5 ml/1 tsp soy sauce

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Method:

1. Place the noodles in cold water to soak while you prepare the meatballs. Mix together the pork, corn-flour, a little salt and the water and shape into walnut sized balls.

2. Bring a saucepan of water to a rolling boil, drop in the pork balls, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.

3. Bring the stock to the boil, add the pork balls and noodles, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.

4. Add the spring onion soy sauce and remaining salt and simmer for a further 2 minutes.