Beef Ball Soup

Name: Beef Ball Soup
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 400 g/14 oz beef sirloin; 15 ml/1 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch; 15 ml/1 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch; 5 ml/1 tsp ground black pepper; 15 ml/3 tsp salt; 1 large onion, sliced; 1 litre/1¾ pints/4 cups fresh beef stock; 2 star anise; 6 cloves; 10 cm/4 in cinnamon stick; 5 ml/1 tsp black peppercorns; chopped coriander/cilantro, to serve; chopped coriander/cilantro, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

Many southern Chinese do not eat beef as they regard the cow as a sacred animal, without which they would not be able to till the soil on their farms. The Hakka people, being seafarers by tradition, do not subscribe to this belief and happily cook this sustaining beef soup, with its richly perfumed and flavoursome stock.

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz beef sirloin
15 ml/1

Asia
China
Soup
Gluten-free

Method

Chop the beef into small cubes and process in a blender or food processor until smooth. Add the cornflour, 5 ml/1 tsp salt and ground black pepper and continue to blend the mixtur