Meat Balls with "Sotanghon"

IJsselstein, Thursday, 2 January 2003 00:33:11

Ingredients

1/2 cup ground pork
2 tablespoons chopped onion
2 tablespoons sliced onions
1 egg
1 tablespoon flour
2 segments minced garlic
2 cups meat or chicken broth
1/2 cup soaked "sotanghon" (vermicelli)
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/4 cup cut fine green onion (spring onion)
1 tablespoon lard
salt & pepper

Preparation

  1. Combine the ground pork, chopped onions, egg, and flour; add a teaspoon of salt and a quarter teaspoon of pepper. Shape this into balls about one inch (2.5 cm) in diameter.
  2. Saute the garlic in lard and add the sliced onions and broth. Boil the broth, and then drop the meat balls in one by one.
  3. Boil the meat until it is almost done, then add the "sotanghon", and boil it for another five minutes. Add soya sauce and pepper to taste.
  4. Pour the broth and meat balls into a bowl or soup tureen. Sprinkle with green onion.
  5. Serve hot.

Enjoy!

Rodelyn