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Chicken Soup with Angled Gourd Recipe

Somjit Najaireeb
Sweet, tasty, and light soup featuring angled gourd (luffa) and homemade chicken meat balls; a perfect side for your meal. It's simple and very fast to make too!
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Prep Time 7 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 17 mins
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Soup
Cuisine Chinese, Thai
Servings 4 servings
Calories 136 kcal

Equipment

  • Stockpot/ Deep Pan
  • Pestle & Mortar
  • Soup Ladle

Ingredients

  • 750 g angled gourd, luffa/ ridge gourd, washed and cut
  • 200 g minced chicken, minced chicken breast meat
  • 1 egg
  • 500 ml water
  • 2 stalks spring onions, cut with the white stems and leaves separated
  • 2 cilantro roots, washed
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled and washed
  • ½ tsp peppercorn, washed
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • ¼ tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions
 

Prepare the Chicken Meatballs

  • Grind peppercorn in the mortar until very fine.
  • Pound cilantro roots and garlic together until fine.
  • Mix 1/2 tsp of salt and the pounded mixture with minced chicken until well combined. Set aside.

Cooking the Chicken Soup

  • Add water, salt, sesame oil and oyster sauce to the pan on medium heat.
  • Cover the pan and bring to a boil.
  • After 3 minutes, the soup is boiling. Drop balls of minced chicken into the soup with a teaspoon.
  • Cover the pan and simmer for 2 minutes.
  • Add in the white parts of spring onions and angled gourds.
  • Stir until well distributed.
  • Cover the pan and simmer for 4 minutes.
  • Stir to evenly distribute the flavours.
  • Taste the soup. Adjust as preferred.
  • Beat the egg until lightly mixed in a separate bowl.
  • Pour egg into the soup and give a short, quick stir.
  • Switch off the heat.
  • Garnish with spring onions, and serve.

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Notes

Serving

  • Best consumed immediately while hot.
  • Can be kept until the next day, after completely cooled and refridgerated

Chicken Meatball Storage Instructions

  • After mixing, it can be kept until the next day in a clean, air-tight container in the fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 136kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 13gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 84mgSodium: 763mgPotassium: 572mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 123IUVitamin C: 24mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 1mg
Keyword chicken, chicken meatball, chicken soup, luffa, luffa soup, minced chicken
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