Stuffed Cucumber Soup
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger root freshly grated
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 8 each scallions, spring or green onions white part
- 2 small carrots
- 4 each cucumbers
- 2 quarts chicken broth
- Select cucumbers which are 7 to 8 inches long, but as small around as you can get.
- Peel the cucumbers and then slice each across into four equal pieces.
- Using a small spoon scoop out the seeds being careful to leave a inchbottom inch in each piece.
- Preparing the meat stuffing: Combine the ground pork, garlic, ginger, Cilantro, 4 of the green onions, and fish sauce.
- Make a small ball of the mixture and microwave for about a minute to cook thoroughly.
- Taste for seasoning, and correct if needed.
- Using your fingers stuff the meat mixture into the cucumbers (stick a toothpick through the side of the cucumber and into the meat to hold it in place while it cooks), and place in the hot stock.
- Cook about 15 minutes and add the 4 remaining green onions cut in 2 inch lengths, the two carrots cut into matchsticks and the canned quail eggs.
- Cook another 5 minutes and serve immediately.
ground pork, garlic, ginger root, fish sauce, scallions, carrots, cucumbers, chicken broth
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/stuffed-cucumber-soup-46784 (may not work)