Thai Pork Rice Soup with Fried Garlic Oil

What you need

• 125 ml (1/2 cup) vegetable oil
• 13 garlic cloves, 8 roughly chopped, 5 peeled whole
• 3 coriander roots, or a small handful of coriander stems
• 1 tsp ground white pepper, plus more to serve
• 200 g (1 cup) jasmine rice, rinsed
• 2 l (8 cups) chicken stock, light, low-salt
• 200 g (7 oz) minced pork
• 3 tsp fish sauce, plus more to serve
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 stalks Chinese celery, or 1 celery stalk, chopped
• 1 piece ginger, 3 cm (1 1/4 in), finely julienned
• 3 spring onions, thinly sliced
• 1 handful coriander leaves, roughly chopped

Method

Restated from the original video

1. 1

   For the garlic oil, warm the oil in a small pan on medium. Fry the 8 chopped garlic cloves gently, stirring, until they just start to turn golden, about 2 min. Pour into a heatproof bowl right away, as the garlic keeps darkening.

2. 2

   Pound 3 of the whole garlic cloves with the coriander roots in a mortar into a rough paste.

3. 3

   Spoon 2 tbsp of the garlic oil into a large pot over medium heat and fry the paste until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add the white pepper and rice and stir for 30 seconds to coat the grains.

4. 4

   Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, partly covered, until the rice grains have burst and softened, 15-20 min. The soup should stay brothy.

5. 5

   Meanwhile, pound the remaining 2 whole garlic cloves to a paste and mix with the pork and 1 tsp of the fish sauce.

6. 6

   Season the soup with the rest of the fish sauce and the light soy sauce.

7. 7

   Drop the pork into the simmering soup in teaspoon-sized balls. Add the celery and cook until the balls float and are cooked through, 4-5 min.

8. 8

   Ladle into bowls and top with the ginger, spring onions and coriander leaves.

9. 9

   Serve with the garlic oil, extra fish sauce and white pepper for each person to add at the table.

Imported from marionskitchen.com. Recipe Grab pulled out what you need to cook it; the video stays where its author put it.