Rice noodle soup with thai chicken meatballs

This top meal is inspired by Thai cuisine, is full of flavour and good for you, too.

Recipe «Rice noodle soup with thai chicken meatballs» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 125g rice vermicelli noodles, 300g chicken mince, 2 tsp grated fresh ginger, 1 long fresh red chilli, seeded, finely chopped, 1 tbsp chopped fresh chives , 1 tbsp cornflour, 1.5L water, 2 tsp Salt Reduced chicken stock powder , 1 stem lemon grass, cut into 4cm lengths, bruised, 1 tsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp fresh lime juice, 1 tsp caster sugar, 300g snow peas, trimmed, halved, Sliced fresh red chilli, to serve.

Ingredients:

• 125g rice vermicelli noodles 
• 300g chicken mince 
• 2 tsp grated fresh ginger 
• 1 long fresh red chilli, seeded, finely chopped 
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh chives 
• 1 tbsp cornflour 
• 1.5L water 
• 2 tsp Salt Reduced chicken stock powder 
• 1 stem lemon grass, cut into 4cm lengths, bruised 
• 1 tsp fish sauce 
• 1 tbsp fresh lime juice 
• 1 tsp caster sugar 
• 300g snow peas, trimmed, halved 
• Sliced fresh red chilli, to serve 

Instructions

1. Place noodles in a large heatproof bowl. Cover with boiling water and set aside for 5 minutes or until soft. Drain. Divide among serving bowls.
2. Combine mince, ginger, chilli, chives and cornflour in a large bowl. Roll teaspoonfuls of the mixture into balls.
3. Bring the water to the boil in a large saucepan over high heat. Stir in the stock powder. Add the lemon grass. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Add half the meatballs and simmer for 5 minutes or until just cooked through. Use a slotted spoon to remove the meatballs and divide among 2 serving bowls. Repeat with remaining meatballs.
4. Stir the fish sauce, lime juice and sugar into the soup. Add snow peas. Remove from heat. Ladle the soup among serving bowls. Top with chilli.