Pork meatball pho recipe | delicious. magazine

Ingredients

• For the soup base:
• 1 litre good-quality beef stock
• 5cm pece fresh ginger, sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, bashed
• 1 star anise
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 400g flat dried rice noodles
• For the meatballs:
• 6 cream crackers
• 1 lemongrass stalk, white part only, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• Handful fresh coriander
• 250g free-range pork mince
• 1 medium free-range egg, beaten
• 2 tsp fish sauce
• To serve:
• Large handful fresh herbs, such as coriander, mint and Thai basil
• 1 red chilli, finely sliced
• 1 lime, cut into wedges
• Soy sauce (optional)