Bakso

Indonesian meatballs

Indonesia

Main course
4 persons
200
Mild

Bakso is an Indonesian meatball and is very popular in Indonesia. You can get it everywhere and you often get all kinds of things with it, e.g. noodles, the soup, fried onions. This recipe has it all, it is a Bakso noodle soup that you can easily make at home.

Ingredients

700 g Megrim

2 liter water

6 Garlic cloves

5 cm Ginger

1 stalk Celery

2 stalks Spring onion

0.5 tsp Sugar

2 tsp Salt

500 g lean minced meat

0.5 tsp Baking powder

200 g bean sprouts

200 g Pakchoi

Preparation method for Bakso

Soup:

2 liters of water with 700 g marrow bones, 3 cloves of garlic, 5 cm of chopped ginger, 1 stick of celery, 2 sticks of spring onion, 1 star anise, 1 small stick of cinnamon, 0.5 tsp of sugar, 0.5 tsp of white pepper, 1 tsp of salt in one Bring soup pot to a boil.
Then simmer on low heat for 3 hours, removing the foam in between.
After 3 hours, strain into another saucepan. You will need 1 liter of broth, which can be supplemented with water if necessary.
In a food processor, process 500g lean ground beef, 100g cornstarch, 3 minced garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon salt, 0.5 teaspoon white pepper, 0.5 teaspoon baking powder until smooth (about 1 minute).
Try forming a patty and salt if necessary.
Place the mixture in a bowl and form balls with your hands. Tip: Take a small amount of the mixture in your hand, squeeze the ground beef through the hollow of your thumb and forefinger and use a spoon to scoop out a ball (takes a little practice). After each ball, briefly dip your hands in a bowl of cold water.
Keep doing this until the mixture is ready, washing your hands in between so the balls don't stick.
Bring a pot of water to a boil. Once the water is boiling, add the meatballs and cook for 3 minutes or until they float, then they are done. You can also cook the meatballs in the broth.
Meanwhile, cook the noodles according to package directions and heat the broth.
Blanch the bean sprouts and briefly cook the vegetables in the broth.
Take 4 bowls and divide the noodles, vegetables, broth and balls.