Khao Tom Moo (pork meatballs in broth with rice)

Name: Khao Tom Moo (pork meatballs in broth with rice)
Yield: 2 - 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 30 g fresh root ginger; 2 stalks lemongrass; 2 cloves garlic; 500 g lean pork mince (5% fat); 2 tbsp cornflour; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 2 chicken stock cubes; 300 g fragrant rice (basmati or jasmine); 20 g fresh coriander; 2 spring onions; 4 tbsp shaoxing wine (can use dry sherry or mirin); 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar (can use any sugar, I use demerara)

spadget @spadget

This another recipe I've made a few times, it's comfort food whilst tasting fresh and green. I adapted the recipe from Gousto, altering a couple of the ratios and using lean pork mince so it's relatively healthy. This would make up to 4 small to medium servings similar to the size of a diet ready meal!

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Ingredients

2 - 4 servings

30 gfresh root ginger
2 stalkslemongrass
2 clovesgarlic
500 glean pork mince (5% fat)
2 tbspcornflour
1 tbspsoy sauce
2 tbsptoasted sesame oil
2chicken stock cubes
300 gfragrant rice (basmati or jasmine)
20 gfresh coriander
2spring onions
4 tbspshaoxing wine (can use dry sherry or mirin)
2 tbspfish sauce
1 tspsugar (can use any sugar, I use demerara)

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Steps

1

Peel and grate, finely chop or crush the ginger and garlic and prepare the lemongrass by bashing it a few times then cutting the stems vertically and scooping out the middles. The middle of the lemongrass needs to be crushed or chopped, keep the outer layers to one side for later.
2

In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix up the pork mince with the garlic, ginger, lemongrass, cornflour, soy sauce and sesame oil. Use your hands and bash it about a bit until it's sticky and holds together well.
3

Form the pork mixture in to approximately 20 meatballs and lay out on a tray in the fridge for 10 minutes.
4

While the meatballs are cooling, dissolve the stock cubes in 2 litres of boiling water, add the rice and the outer parts of the lemongrass. Reduce the heat and cook uncovered for around 10 minutes until the rice is tender.
5

Once the rice is tender, add the wine, fish sauce and sugar and 400ml more boiling water then get the meatballs from the fridge and plop them in carefully. Cover the pan and cook for another 8 minutes.
6

Finely chop up the coriander and spring onions and keep to one side for the garnish at the end.
7

When the meatballs are cooked through, fish out the lemongrass and divide everything else between bowls and add the garnish. Enjoy!