Recipe : Chicken Balls Noodle Soup

Warm soup is a perfect comfort food for the cold days because it is able to keep you warm inside. However, you don’t have to wait cold days to come since it tastes great as well in warm days. Bakso is Indonesia’s most favorite meatball soup which is usually served in beef broth, and  completed with yellow noodles, glass noodles, vegetables and some condiments. Bakso is generally made of ground beef with addition of some spices in it. In this recipe, I’ll show you my way of making bakso with a little bit modification by using ground chicken breast instead of ground beef. It might be not authentic, but you couldn’t agree more when you taste it.

INGREDIENTS :

Chicken Balls :

300 gr ground chicken breast

2 cloves garlic

3 cloves shallots

1 ½ tsp salt

½ tsp pepper

½ tsp ground candlenut

½ tsp ground coriander

Cooking oil

Broth :

2 cloves garlic (mashed)

3 cloves shallots (mashed)

250 gr chicken bones

4 stalks scallions, use only the white part, thinly sliced

Salt

Pepper

Coriander Powder

Powdered Chicken Stock

Approx. 2 liter of water to boil bakso

Complements :

Yellow noodle

Bok Choy

Sliced Tomato

STEPS :

1. In a food processor, add the ground chicken breast, garlic, shallots, salt, pepper, ground candlenuts, and ground coriander. Milled them until well blended and reach smooth consistency.

2. Transfer the meat batter in a bowl. Wash your hands cleanly and rub it in cooking oil in order to prevent sticking when forming the meat balls. Form the meat batter into ball-shaped and set aside.

3. In a pot, add the cooking oil. Wait for a few seconds to raise the heat, then add the mashed garlic and shallots. Stir-fry for about 30-60 seconds until fragrant.

4. Add water and chicken bones, then boil it for 5 minutes.

5. Add scallion stalks, salt, pepper, ground chicken breast and powdered chicken stock. Boil it for 15 minutes.

6. After 15 minutes, add the meatballs that have been formed before. Boil them with minimum high heat until the meat balls float to the surface and perfectly cooked.

7. Serve the meatballs with yellow noodles, sliced tomato and bok choy. You can add the chili condiment, soy sauce and ketchup as well if you like.

ENJOY!!