My mom and I bought a big bag of Bok Choy to share. Normally I would just whip up a stir fry but I actually am getting a little tired of using Bok Choy in stir fry’s so even though it was 29 degrees yesterday I decided to make soup. I found a recipe on another blog called Las Vegas food adventures that included pork meatballs. It was really easy and tasted great! The only thing I would change is adding a little less brown sugar because I found the meat balls to be a little sweet. This could also be because I added a little hoison sauce to the meat balls because I ran out of soy sauce, other than that the recipe was perfect. The meatballs would also be perfect in sandwiches as well!

 

Ingredients

Soup

  • 5 cups basic chicken stock
  • 2-3 slices unpeeled fresh ginger
  • 2 minced green onions
  • 2 tablespoon sherry (or Chinese cooking wine)
  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 6-8 bunches fresh baby bok choy

Meatballs

  • 1 lb ground pork
  • ½ tsp mashed garlic
  • ½ tsp grated fresh ginger
  • ½ cup very finely minced green onions
  • 2 tsp light brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp sesame oil

Bring the soup ingredients-except the bok choy and green onions to a simmer.

Combine all of the meatball ingredients, mix well and form into 1 inch sized balls

Jason also went to Golden Pizza and Subs to grab a chicken banh mi sandwhich. We usually order the Vietnamese meatball but he thought that since the soup had a type of meatball that we should get chicken. I have to admit, I was a little apprehensive because I have only had the meatball. I liked it so much that I never thought to try a different kind before and WOW, the chicken is really good too. Its like a dry shredded chicken breast but with the sauce it was perfect. Now I am excited to try the other sandwiches!