These homemade Pork Meatball Soup are tender, juicy, and packed with rich flavors—perfect for a comforting meal! Made with minced pork (choose lean or a mix of fat for extra succulence), the meatballs are seasoned with scallion-ginger paste, soy sauce, rice wine, and aromatic spices like pepper and thirteen-spice blend. An egg and sesame oil ensure a bouncy, elastic texture, while cilantro adds a fresh touch. Simmered in a light broth with tofu, mushrooms, and cabbage, this soup is hearty yet not greasy. The secret? Tossing the meat mixture until sticky for ultra-tender balls that float when perfectly cooked. Fragrant, savory, and balanced, this dish is a deliciously satisfying one-pot wonder!
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- pork
- tofu
Secondary Ingredients
- mushrooms
- cabbage
Sauce and Seasonings
- scallion
- ginger
- egg
- sesame oil
- starch
- cilantro
Instructions
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Step 1
Chop the pork into minced meat. If you like a mix of fat and lean meat, you can choose 2/8 of the five-flower meat. (I only used tenderloin at home, you can try it if you like to eat lean meat.)
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Step 2
Add scallion and ginger paste, a little soy sauce, rice wine, appropriate amount of salt, pepper powder, thirteen spices, and an egg to the meat filling. Mix the filling clockwise until it becomes sticky and elastic.
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Step 3
Add an appropriate amount of sesame oil and mix the filling clockwise repeatedly, which will make the balls more elastic.
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Step 4
Add an appropriate amount of starch and add cilantro (you can omit it if you don’t like it). Mix well.
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Step 5
While making the ball filling, boil water in another pot, add tofu, mushrooms, and salt, and cook for a while.
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Step 6
Scoop out an appropriate amount of meat filling and shape it into a ball by tossing it back and forth with both hands, or use a small spoon to shape it into a ball shape.
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Step 7
Add cabbage to the soup, add the balls, and add an appropriate amount of salt and pepper powder. Cook until the balls float to the surface, which means they are almost cooked.
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Step 8
The dish is fragrant and delicious.
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Step 9
The dish is fragrant but not greasy.
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