Thai Chicken Meatball Soup
6 portions
35mThis soup is one of my favorites that I adapted from NYT cooking. This takes a little time to form the meatballs but it's so worth it. Great served over rice.
What you will need
4 inches fresh Ginger
3 cloves Garlic
1 Jalapeño
2 lb. Ground Chicken
1 bunch Cilantro
3 Tbsp Fish Sauce
1 tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Coconut Oil
2 cups Chicken Broth
14 oz. Coconut Milk
½ tsp Sugar
5 oz. Washed Spinach
1 Lime
(Nutritional facts 87 calories, 5.36 g fat, 1.95 g carbohydrates, 8.06 g protein, 37 mg cholesterol, 442 mg sodium)How to cook
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Gaher all ingredients.
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Portion all ingredients.
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Peel and grate the ginger with a fine grater or zester.
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Cut the jalapeno in half and remove the seeds from the center and discard.
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Cut thin slices lengthwise and then dice into small pieces.
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Use your fingers to pinch the cilantro leaves from the stem.
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Finely chop the cilantro.
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Add the chopped cilantro and salt as well as half the amount chopped garlic and fish sauce to the ground chicken in a large bowl.
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Add half of the grated ginger, and half of the chopped jalapeno and mix together. Save the other half of the garlic, fish sauce, ginger, and jalapeno for the soup.
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Use a scoop or your hands to form 1 inch meatballs.
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Continue rolling all of the mixture.
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Cook the meatballs in two batches starting with a dollop of coconut oil in the pan before beginning.
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Cook the meatballs, turning every few minutes for 6-8 minutes until brown.
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Add some more coconut oil to the pot and cook the next batch of meatballs.
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Add the other half of the garlic, ginger, and chopped jalapeno to the bottom of the pan and saute for a minute. Add in the chicken stock.
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Add in the remaining fish sauce, sugar, and coconut milk. Stir over the heat to dissolve the coconut milk.
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Add the meatballs back into the pot and simmer for 5 minutes to let the flavor meld together.
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Finish the soup by squeezing 1 tbsp of lime juice from half of the lime and stirring the spinach into the soup. Cut the other half of the lime into wedges for serving.
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Top with a fresh lime wedge.
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