Bakso (Meatball Soup) - Southeast Asian Recipe

Bakso (Meatball Soup)

🌍 Southeast Asian, Java Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 500g beef (finely ground)
• 100g tapioca starch
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• ice water. **Broth:** 1.5L beef broth
• 3 cloves garlic
• salt
• white pepper
• celery leaves
• fried shallots. **Serve:** yellow noodles
• rice vermicelli
• fried tofu
• bok choy
• chili sauce

Method

1. Processing — Process beef, starch, garlic, salt, pepper until very smooth; add ice water for texture.
2. Step 2 — Form balls; drop into boiling water; cook until floating, then 3 min more.
3. Simmering — Simmer broth with garlic, seasoning.
4. Assembling — Assemble bowls: noodles, bakso, tofu, greens; pour broth over; garnish.

Tags: beef, tapioca starch, garlic, ice water. **broth:** 1.5l beef broth, white pepper · Source: Brittani's Almanac