- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Serving: 4
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 366
- Fat Content: 14g
- Saturated Fat Content: 5g
- Carbohydrate Content: 29g
- Sugar Content: 11g
- Fiber Content: 4g
- Protein Content: 32g
- Sodium Content: 2.5g
Oriental pork balls in hoisin broth
Ingredients
- pork-mince - 500g pack lean pork mince
- soy-sauce - 2 tbsp soy sauce
- cornflour - 2 tbsp cornflour
- chinese-five-spice-powder - 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- water-chestnut - 225g can water chestnut, drained, half finely chopped, half sliced
- chicken-stock - 500ml chicken stock
- hoisin-sauce - 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- ginger - thumb-sized piece ginger, shredded
- carrot - 2 large carrots, shaved into strips with a potato peeler
- chinese-leaves - 8 Chinese leaves, thick part sliced, leaves shredded
- beansprout - 300g pack beansprout
- spring-onion - bunch spring onions, cut into lengths, plus a few tops chopped to serve
Instructions
- Tip the mince into a bowl with the soy, cornflour, five-spice, chopped water chestnuts and some black pepper. Work everything together, then shape into 12 meatballs.
- Pour the stock into a wide, deep pan and stir in the hoisin and ginger. Add the meatballs, then cover and poach for 5 mins. Drop in the carrots, Chinese leaves, beansprouts, spring onions and sliced chestnuts, then put on the lid and simmer for 5 mins. Ladle into bowls, then serve scattered with spring onion tops.
Holiday-at-home recipe for 4 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has pork mince, soy sauce, cornflour, chinese five-spice powder, water chestnut, chicken stock, hoisin sauce, ginger, carrot, chinese leaves, beansprout and spring onion.
