Vermicelli Beef Meatball Soup
Watch the video tutorial here.
Like the title says , this soup is made from meatballs, vermicelli, and combined with fresh vegetables such as oyster mushroom, tomatoes, fresh baby spinach, tofu, herbs and spices.
I love this surprisingly versatile dish, which my dad made a lot for us. The magic of this delicious soup is the combination of different textures and flavours, which make this recipe different from the pureed soup recipes.
It’s hot, spicy, refreshing, yummy at the same time and beautifully coloured!!
😋Yield: 2 people
🕙Cooking time: 45 min
INGREDIENTS MEATBALL:
minced meat beef 522g
salt 1 ½ tsp
white pepper 1tsp
ginger powder 1tsp
egg 1x
onion 2x, chopped finely
Sichuan pepper powder 5g
wheat starch 10g
potato starch 12g
INGREDIENTS SOUP:
water 1 ½ L
fresh red hot chili pepper 1x (you can use more if u like hot) cut them into thin, long 5cm pieces
sweet potato vermicelli 63g
oyster mushrooms 251g, tear each one into thin, long pieces (how to do it, check out the link)
bulb of garlic 1 ½, chopped finely
fresh baby spinach 60g
fresh tomato 2x, chopped finely
soya tofu 300g, cut it into squares, 1cm thick (use firm consistency tofu, so they don’t fall apart )
INSTRUCTIONS:
To make the meatball: Add the meatball ingredients to a mixing bowl. With clean hands, mix everything up well. Let it marinate for 15 minutes. (For better flavour, let it marinate for 3-8 hours) Then, pick one walnut size piece of meat, press the meat between your palms firmly, roll it into meatballs.
Meanwhile, boil the vermicelli in water for 5 minutes. Then wash it in cold water for a second, drain.
Frying the meatballs: Heat up the oil thoroughly in a deep pan over medium-high heat (the oil is hot when you see light smoke from the surface of oil and when you put wooden sticks in the oil, it bubbles hard.) Turn off the fire and let the oil cool down a bit. Approximately 2-3 min, otherwise the meatballs will burn in the hot oil. To check the right temperature for frying the meatballs: put in the wooden chopsticks again and if it has even, light and small bubbles, the oil is ready for frying. Now, turn on the small fire to keep the oil hot. Gently insert the meatballs into the pan. Fry them evenly, for about 3-5 min. until the outsides are browned. Repeat with the rest. When you’re done, halve each one as desired. (It’s fine if the inside is not thoroughly fried, it will cook in the soup)
Prepare boiling water for the soup. Add the meatballs and chopped tomato into the pan, stir, let it boil for 5 minutes at small-medium heat. Then add the rest of the ingredients, mix all the ingredients carefully. Place the hot soup in a deep bowl, tear some fresh baby spinach on the top of the soup. Yummmmmmmmm, it’s ready!!!
TIPS
* Add some black/balsamic vinegar as desired.
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Aliya :)
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