Pork & Egg Noodles Soup

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Pork and Egg Noodles Soup

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Author: Chakriya's Kitchen

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 25 Min

Ingredients

For Soup Paste

• 2 ginger slices
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 cilantro stems or roots
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• Pinch of salt

For Cooking

• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 1/3 cup ground pork
• 1 ½ cup chicken broth
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp chicken powder
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 oz or (57 g) fresh egg noodles

For Topping

• Baby bok choy
• Bean sprouts
• Fried garlic
• Meatballs (Optional)

Instructions

1. In mortar and pestle combine the ingredients to make soup paste. Add ginger slices, cloves garlic, cilantro stems, black peppercorns, and a pinch of salt. Pound them into a fine paste.
2. In a hot pot, add cooking oil and the soup paste from the mortar & pestle. Stir for 30 seconds, and then add the ground pork. Stir for 2 to 3 minutes until the ground pork becomes fully cooked.
3. Add the chicken broth and close the lid. Bring into a boil.
4. Then add soy sauce, fish sauce, chicken powder, kosher salt, and sugar into the broth.
5. Turn to low heat and let the soup simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, add the water into a medium pot and bring water to a boil.
7. Then add the baby bok choy and bean sprouts into the boiling water and cook for 30 seconds. Take it out and set it aside.
8. Into the same hot boiling water pot, add the fresh egg noodles and cook for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Take the egg noodles out and put them into a medium bowl.
9. Add the soup broth right away with the egg noodles.
10. Finally, top with bok choy, bean sprouts, fried garlic, and meatballs (optional). Enjoy!