Chicken Meatball Soup | Bakso Noodle Soup

Serves 6

When it’s cold outside, gather around a steaming bowl of Bakso Noodle Soup – you’ll be refreshed by the bright flavors and warmed by the chili sauce. You can bring this soup to a potluck – just keep the tofu, green onions, and chili sauce in a separate dishes for diners to garnish their own bowls.

While the soup is traditionally Indonesian, it is also sold by street vendors in East Timor, a country formerly part of Indonesia. 

Ingredients:

1 bok choy, rinsed and sliced
3 green onions, sliced thinly
1 center section of celery – where it is 1/2 leaves and 1/2 ribs – sliced thinly
1 quart chicken stock
6 cups water (or stock)
1/8 cup soy sauce (more to taste)
salt

Additional soup components (all to taste):

Chicken bakso meatballs
cooked ramen noodles
chili sauce
green onions
Deep-fried tofu

Method:

Let’s get a kaleidescope of green in our diets. Our doctors would be proud.

Rinse and trim the produce…

Then slice and toss in a large pot.  First the bok choy…

Then the green onions…

and finally the celery leaves.

Splash on the chicken stock… (looks like lightening, doesn’t it?)

And crystal clear water…

Simmer until vegetables are cooked through (you can leave them as crunchy or as soft as you’d like – I did them pretty soft for Ava’s sake).

Season with soy sauce, to taste.

Now, the fun part. Let’s assemble the soup.

First, a mound of cooked ramen noodles.

Then, Chicken Bakso Meatballs

Next, ladle on the soup. Be sure to get all those tasty green bits.

Finally the garnishes…. deep-fried tofu (slice it in half for a pretty look)…

… a sprinkling of green onions…

And a spattering of incredible chili sauce … which really finishes this dish off.

Let’s dive in, shall we?

Peace in a bowl.

Chicken Meatball Soup | Bakso Noodle Soup
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When it’s cold outside, gather around a steaming bowl of Bakso Noodle Soup – you’ll be refreshed by the bright flavors and warmed by the chili sauce. You can bring this soup to a potluck – just keep the tofu, green onions, and chili sauce in a separate dishes for diners to garnish their own bowls. While the soup is traditionally Indonesian, it is also sold by street vendors in East Timor, a country formerly part of Indonesia.
Servings
6 people
Servings
6 people
Chicken Meatball Soup | Bakso Noodle Soup
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When it’s cold outside, gather around a steaming bowl of Bakso Noodle Soup – you’ll be refreshed by the bright flavors and warmed by the chili sauce. You can bring this soup to a potluck – just keep the tofu, green onions, and chili sauce in a separate dishes for diners to garnish their own bowls. While the soup is traditionally Indonesian, it is also sold by street vendors in East Timor, a country formerly part of Indonesia.
Servings
6 people
Servings
6 people
Ingredients
  • 1 bok choy , rinsed and sliced
  • 3 green onions , sliced thinly
  • 1 celery (center section, where it's 1/2 leaves and 1/2 ribs—sliced thinly)
  • 2 1/2 cups chicken broth (or half water)
  • 1/8 cup soy sauce
  • salt
Additional soup components (all to taste)
  • chicken basko meatballs
  • ramen noodles
  • chili sauce
  • green onions
  • deep-fried tofu
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Instructions
  1. Rinse and trim the produce then slice and toss in a large pot and splash on the chicken stock.
  2. Add water and simmer until vegetables are cooked through (you can leave them as crunchy or as soft as you'd like). Season with soy sauce to taste.
  3. Meanwhile, fill a bowl with cooked ramen noodles, then chicken basko meatballs.
  4. Ladle on the soup and garnish with deep-fried tofu (sliced in half for a pretty look), a sprinkling of green onions and a spattering of chili sauce.

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