Thai · Dinner
Rice Soup With Minced Pork
Thai rice soup built on a light pork and garlic broth thickened with soft-cooked jasmine rice, simmered with seasoned minced pork balls, ginger and white pepper. Finished with fried garlic, scallion, cilantro and a soft-cooked egg cracked in at the end, served hot as a gentle, savoury bowl.
$4
15 minsPrep
20 minsCook
35 minsTotal
EasyLevel
Nutrition per serving
432Calories
28.4gProtein
22.5gFat
29.8gCarbs
3.4gSugar
1.5gFiber
1612mgSodium
289mgChol
7.2gSat Fat
584mgPotassium
62mgCalcium
2.8mgIron
1mcgVitamin B12
5.2mgVitamin C
low-calorie
herb-salt
all-time-classics
Instructions
1
Prep
Mince half the garlic finely and season ground pork with 1 minced clove, a pinch of white pepper and 1 teaspoon fish sauce, mixing just until combined.
2
Saute
Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat and fry remaining garlic for 1 to 2 minutes until pale gold and crisp, then scoop onto a paper towel.
3
Simmer
Pour chicken stock and water into the saucepan and bring to a gentle boil over medium-high heat, about 3 minutes, until small bubbles break the surface steadily.
4
Simmer
Add cooked rice and stir over medium-low heat for 5 minutes until the rice softens and broth turns lightly starchy and cloudy with rice starches.
5
Poach
Drop seasoned pork in small spoonfuls into the simmering broth one at a time and cook for 3 to 4 minutes until pieces float and turn opaque.
6
Simmer
Stir in remaining fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar and julienned ginger, and simmer over medium-low heat for 2 minutes until gingery and aromatic.
7
Poach
Crack egg directly into the softly simmering soup and let sit undisturbed for 1 minute until the white sets and yolk remains soft.
8
Plate
Ladle soup into a bowl, scatter fried garlic, scallion and cilantro over the top, and serve immediately while steaming.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 12 oz340g ground pork
- 1 1/2 cup260g cooked jasmine rice
- 2 cup480ml chicken stock
- 1 1/2 cup360ml water
- 6 cloves6 cloves garlic
- 2 tsp2 tsp fresh ginger, plus extra to garnish
- 2 tbsp2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp ground white pepper
- 2 tsp2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp2 tsp vegetable oil
- 22 eggs
- 22 scallion
- 2 tbsp2 tbsp cilantro
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp granulated sugar
