Glass Noodle Soup
This Glass Noodle Soup is made with ground pork for a super flavorful Asian inspired main dish. It comes together in less than 30 minutes so it’s just as fast as it is yummy!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 564kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Garlic Cloves finely chopped
- 1 pound Ground Pork
- Salt plus additional, if needed
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Cloves
- 1 tablespoon Molasses
- Cinnamon Stick
- 1 teaspoon Fish Sauce
- 4 cups Chicken Broth or Bone Broth Homemade is best!
- 1 bunch Baby Spinach about 2 cups or 2.5 ounces
- 4 Scallions thinly sliced
- 8 ounces Sweet Potato Glass Noodles
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add pork, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, ground cloves, and molasses then cook, stirring and breaking up with a spoon, until browned and cooked through, 5-8 minutes.
- Add the cinnamon stick, broth, and fish sauce then bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors meld, 8–10 minutes.
- Add noodles, scallions and cook, stirring occasionally, until the noodles are cooked, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and add the spinach then stir to combine.
- Season the soup with salt, to taste. Divide noodles among bowls and ladle soup over.
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Notes
- Ground beef is a good substitute for pork, but pork is preferred. Pork adds a lot of flavor and beef will change the taste.
- Make sure to use blackstrap molasses as it’s less processed. Plus, if you are AIP, blackstrap molasses is elimination stage compliant.
- This brand of fish sauce is preferred.
- This brand of sweet potato glass noodles is preferred as they are organic and AIP compliant. However, any glass noodles (mung bean, rice, cellophane, etc.) will do. Please note that changing the type of noodles may change the cooking time so take care to read the directions on the packaging and prepare accordingly.
- This recipe is soy free. We’ve used a combination of salt, fish sauce and molasses to give the salty umami flavor that is usually obtained from soy sauce.
- This recipe is also sesame free. Therefore, no sesame oil is required.
- This recipe comes together very quickly, I highly recommend that you have all your ingredients ready before you begin cooking.
- This recipe can be made in the instant pot. However, you won’t be using the pressure cooker settings. You’ll need to use the sauté function.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 564kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 86mg | Sodium: 1063mg | Potassium: 493mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 156IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 3mg