Pork meatball pho.
You can have Pork meatball pho using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Pork meatball pho
- Prepare 1.5 l of beef stock.
- Prepare 1 of star anise.
- Prepare 1 tsp of ground ginger.
- You need 2 of bashed cloves garlic.
- It's 2 tbsp of fish sauce.
- You need of For the meatballs.
- Prepare 400 g of pork mince.
- You need 3 of x rivita style crackers.
- Prepare 1 tsp of lemongrass paste.
- Prepare 2 of crushed cloves garlic.
- Prepare 1 tsp of dried coriander leaves.
- It's 1 of beaten egg.
- You need 2 tsp of fish sauce.
- You need of For the pho.
- It's 200 g of rice noodles.
- It's of Spinach.
- You need of Crushed chillis.
- It's of Hot sauce (optional).
Pork meatball pho step by step
- Add the star anise, ginger, fish sauce and garlic to the beef stock. Bring it gently to a simmer and then reduce the heat to keep warm. Keep a lid on it to stop the liquid evaporating..
- In a pestle and mortar bash the crackers, then add the lemongrass, garlic and coriander..
- Transfer the cracker mixture to a large bowl then add the pork mince, egg and fish sauce with a crack of black pepper and mix together..
- Roll the mince into 12 balls and leave on a plate.
- Remove the star anise and garlic from the stock then carefully add the meatballs and pop the lid back on..
- Boil 1 litre of water and add the rice noodles to the pan. Cook for about 10 minutes then drain..
- Divide the noodles into 4 bowls and pour over 2 ladles of stock into each one. Give each bowl 3 meatballs and then serve. Allow each eater to add the spinach, hot sauce, chilli powder and coriander to their taste..