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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
50 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Beef Ball Soup For 4 people
Beef balls 500 gr Pork bones 1 kg Shredded water spinach 200 gr Bean sprouts 200 gr White cabbage 1 piece Onion 2 pieces Shallots 5 pieces Green onions 20 gr Chili 4 pieces Culantro 10 gr Thai basil 10 gr Common spices a little (salt/ seasoning powder/ monosodium glutamate)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose good beef balls
- To buy good beef balls, you should choose those with clearly labeled packaging.
- When buying beef balls, you need to observe, the inside should not be slimy, and there should be no black spots.
- Do not buy beef balls with unclear origins or sources.
- You can easily find beef balls at large markets, grocery stores, or e-commerce websites.
- If you have time, you can also make beef balls at home using the recipe below!
How to choose fresh and delicious pork bones
- To buy fresh and delicious pork bones, you should choose bones that are pink-red, still fresh, not pale, with no strange smell, and not cold.
- You should not buy larger pork bones as they may come from sows, which will not yield sweet broth and may have a foul smell, while smaller bones could be from sick piglets that had to be slaughtered early for sale.
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How to prepare Beef Ball Noodle Soup
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Prepare the ingredients
To clean and eliminate the foul smell from the pork bones, rinse them with diluted salt water and then rinse with clean water. Place a pot on the stove, pour in water, bring to a boil, and blanch the pork bones for about 2 minutes, then remove the bones and discard the blanching water.
Wash the beef balls, then use a knife to cut the beef balls in half.
Peel the white radish, rinse it once, and cut it into pieces.
Wash the green onions, chili, cilantro, and basil with water, cutting them into pieces about the length of one finger.
Then, peel the onion and shallots, and grate the onion into small strands.
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Cooking the broth
Place a pot on the stove, add about 2 liters of water, when the water boils, add 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and the pork bones that have just been blanched into the pot, and simmer for about 40 minutes.
Add the white radish and 5 shallots, wait for the water to boil for about 5 minutes, then add the beef balls to the pot.
Add another tablespoon of salt, a tablespoon of seasoning powder, and a teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, then taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking.
Then place another pot on the stove, add 1 liter of water, and when it boils, add the water spinach and bean sprouts to blanch for about 2 minutes.
Tip
When cooking the broth, if you see foam rising to the surface, you can skim off the foam to make the water clearer and tastier!
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Finishing
Take a bowl, add the noodles and a little basil into the bowl.
Then add the broth, beef balls, and white radish into the noodle bowl.
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Final Product
The beef ball water noodle will be a delicious dish for each of our families. It brings a fragrant flavor, with a sweet broth from the bones, and the beef balls are very tender. It helps to make the meal more unique and colorful.
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Above is the detailed guide on beef ball water noodle. TasteVN hopes that with this recipe, you can cook the delicious beef ball water noodle for your family. Wish you success!
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