Spiced chicken meatballs with noodles, basil & broth

Name: Spiced chicken meatballs with noodles, basil & broth
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 large onion, roughly chopped; 1 thumb-size fresh root ginger; 1 long red chillies, finely chopped (seeds in or out, you decide); 1 garlic clove, crushed; 6 white peppercorns, crushed; 20 grams pack coriander, stalks, roots if you have them and leaves, chopped and kept separate, plus sprigs to finish; 50 milliliters milk; 100 grams fresh white breadcrumbs; 1 kg quality chicken mince; 3 Tbsps vegetable oil; 2 liters chicken stock; 2 Tbsps toasted sesame oil; 3 Tbsps fish sauce; 6 star anise; 1 thumb-size fresh root ginger, sliced; 1 teaspoons black peppercorns; 8 spring onions, thinly sliced; 300 grams egg noodles, cooked; 1 small bunch basil, leaves picked

Spiced chicken meatballs with noodles, basil & broth requires around 1 hour and 20 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 33% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 6 servings with 606 calories, 42g of protein, and 31g of fat each. It works well as a main course. If you have milk, sesame oil, thumb-size piece root ginger, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Whizz the onion, ginger, chillies, garlic, white pepper and half of the coriander stalks, roots (if using) and leaves in a food processor until finely chopped.

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White Pepper

Coriander

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Ginger

Onion

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Food Processor

Mix the milk and breadcrumbs together in a large bowl.

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Breadcrumbs

Milk

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Bowl

Add the onion mix and chicken into the breadcrumbs, then season. Now, really mix I mean mix until the whole thing becomes a paste rather than lumpy. If you have a tabletop mixer, then use that instead of your hands. Shape into small balls around the size of a 50p piece.

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Breadcrumbs

Whole Chicken

Onion

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Blender

Place a large frying pan or casserole over a medium heat, add a drizzle of oil then fry the balls until well coloured about 10 mins. Youll need to do this in batches, adding more oil each time. Set aside.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

For the broth, put the stock into a large saucepan, bring to the boil, then simmer.

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Stock

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Sauce Pan

Add the sesame oil, fish sauce, ginger, remaining coriander stalks and roots, star anise and peppercorns. Simmer, covered, for 20 mins.

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Peppercorns

Fish Sauce

Sesame Oil

Star Anise

Coriander

Ginger

Add the spring onions, noodles and chillies, if using. Take 6 large bowls, then divide the noodles between them tongs are the best tool. Drop in the warm meatballs then ladle in the stock. Scatter with coriander and basil leaves then tuck in.

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Spring Onions