Chinese•comfort
Tofu and Meatball Soup
Easy homemade tofu with meatball soup
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 300 g pork (, with 25% to 30% fat)
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. sugar
- 1/4 tsp. ground white pepper
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. Shaoxing wine
- 2 green onions (, white part)
- 3 slices ginger
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. starch ( , sweet potato starch or cornstarch)
- 1/2 small box of tofu
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1 piece ginger (, smashed )
- 20 g nori
- chopped green onion
- 1 tbsp. salt (, seasoning the soup)
- 1/2 tbsp. sesame oil
Instructions
- 1
Add salt, ground pepper, shaoxing wine, green onion and ginger in the pork. Then blend for 15 seconds.
- 2
Add egg and starch and until blend until very smooth (take around 30 seconds)
- 3
Heat a pot of water until boiling and then slow down the fire. Squeeze the meat mixture with one hand to form a ball then scoop the balls to the pot. Repeat to finish all. Remember to wet the scoop firstly to avoid sticky.
- 4
Turn up the fire, add a piece of ginger and then simmer for 8 to 10 minutes after boiling. This process helps some of the amino acid combining with the water.
- 5
Add tofu and nori in. Then cook another 5 minutes. Season with salt and sesame oil. Serve hot.