Nepali thukpa with chicken meatballs and noodles

Nepali thukpa with chicken meatballs and noodles

This comforting Nepalese soup is filled with meat and vegetables in a hot and spicy broth

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Cuisine:Nepalese
Cook time:20m
Prep time:40m
Servings:2

Ingredients

For the dumplings

120 gm chicken mince

30 gm chopped water chestnuts

20 gm chopped coriander roots

20 gm ginger-garlic paste

1/2 small onion, chopped

1 tsp light soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

For the soup

3 garlic cloves, chopped

2 green chilli, chopped

1 tbsp refined oil

1 tbsp red chilli paste

300 ml chicken stock

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp dark soy sauce

2 tsp oyster sauce

2 tsp Thai chilli sauce

100g soba noodles, boiled

5 leaves, pak choi

5 florets, broccoli

1/2 julienned carrot

20 gm fresh snow peas

1/2 spring onion, chopped

Fresh coriander, for garnish

1 tsp lemon juice

Method

1. To make the dumplings, mix the minced chicken with all the ingredients in a bowl.

2. Divide the mixture into 12 small balls. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.

3. To make the soup, sauté the garlic and green chillies with the oil in a pan.

4. Add the chilli paste and chicken stock. Simmer for 5 minutes, then add the sugar, dark soy, oyster and Thai chilli sauces.

5. Add the chicken balls, noodles and vegetables.

6. Cook the soup for 10 minutes over a low flame.

7. Garnish with crushed black pepper, coriander, spring onion and lemon juice.

Recipe courtesy: Carnival by Tresind

Image courtesy: GN Archives

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