Korean Style Meatball Soup

The key to this soup is the kimchi which offers an awesome flavor with a bit of spice! Warming and nutritious.

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb ground grass fed beef, ground turkey or ground pork

  • 4 garlic cloves

  • 1 medium shallot or 4-5 green onions

  • 1 egg

  • 1/2 tsp umami

  • 1/2 tsp onion salt

  • fresh ground pepper to taste

  • 5-6 cups chicken broth/water mixture

  • 1 onion chopped

  • 5 garlic cloves, choped

  • 2 celery stalks sliced

  • 3 cups shredded cabbage

  • 1/2 jar Kim chi (at least 1 cup)

  • 6-8 sliced crimini mushrooms

  • 1 cup broccoli florets

  • 1-2 cups chopped lacinato kale

  • 1-2 tsp tom yum paste

  • 1/2 small can of tomato paste

Here’s How:

  1. Make meatballs by finely chopping garlic and onion, mixing an egg in a bowl and mixing ingredients into ground meat. Add seasoning up to meat.

  2. Preheat oven to 350 and make meatballs and place them on parchment on a baking sheet.

  3. Bake for 10-15 minutes and set aside.

  4. In a large soup pot, heat broth.

  5. In a large skillet, saute onion, then garlic and celery for 3-5 minutes. Add cabbage for another 5 minutes, then add mushrooms and broccoli and kale, cover pan for 2 more minutes.

  6. Add veggies and meatballs to soup and season with remaining ingredients.

  7. Adjust with salt and pepper.

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