Asian Chicken Dumpling Soup

Asian Chicken Dumpling Soup

serves: 1 female & 1 male

Ingredients:

1/2 litre (2 cups) Water
1/2 litre of chicken stock
1 tablespoons lite soy sauce (approx 6.8g total carbs per 100g)
1/2 tablespoon lime juice
1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
1/4 - 1/2 of cabbage or choy sum
10cm stick of lemongrass (chopped finely)
2 small red chillies (sliced thinly)
4cm piece of ginger (sliced thinly)
basil optional.


Chicken Dumpling Ingredients:

Approx 340g Chicken or Turkey Mince (120g female, 220g male)
1 Tablespoon of finely chopped coriander
2 cloves of garlic (crushed)


Method:

1. Combine the water, stock, lemon grass, ginger, chilli & soy sauce in a large saucepan: bring to a boil. Reduce heat: simmer, uncovered, for about 5 minutes.

2. Meanwhile make chicken dumplings: Using hand, combine uncooked mince, coriander and garlic in a bowl. Using hands, roll level tablespoons of the mixture into balls.

3. Add uncooked chicken dumplings to simmering broth; simmer, covered, about 5 minutes or until dumplings are cooked through.

4. Add juice, fish sauce, choy sum or chopped cabbage to broth; cook, uncovered, about 2 minutes or until cabbage/choy sum just wilts. Stir in additional coriander just before serving if desired.

NOTES:

1. Makes Approx 8 Dumpling for female serve & 12 Dumplings for male serve.

2. You could also add onion and/or bean thread noodles to the broth.

3. You could also try substituting the chicken mince for beef mince & the chicken stock for beef stock. Not sure about those who eat tofu, maybe one of you could try it and get back to me!

EDIT: Per Serving: (I need to look into this further, so don't quote me on it!)

Carb: 4.3g
Total Fat: 9.4g (2.9g saturated fat)
848kj (202 cal)
Protein: ???