Beef Meatball Soup

Name: Beef Meatball Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Salt and pepper to taste; 2-3 scallions, green parts only, cut into tiny rounds; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine or medium-dry sherry; 2 teaspoons thick soy sauce; 1-1½ teaspoons minced fresh ginger root; ¼ teaspoon salt; 6 ounces fresh mushrooms, trimmed and cut into thin slices; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 8 ounces ground beef; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 6¼ cups lightly seasoned beef or chicken stock; Small pinch sugar; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 5-6 tablespoons water; 1 teaspoon thin soy sauce

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Homestyle Chinese Cooking

By Yan-Kit So

Published 1997

About

A soup sufficiently filling and nourishing to be served as lunch for four people. Although Chinese to the core, it will go very well with French bread. Try it.

Ingredients

8 ounces ground beef
6¼ cups lightly seasoned beef or chicken stock
2

Asia
China
Soup

Method

Marinate the beef. Put the beef in a large mixing bowl. Add the salt, sugar, soy sauces, pepper, ginger, and wine or sherry and stir to mix. Sprinkle with the flour, then add the water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and stir vigorously in the same direction until completely absorbed bef