Bún Mộc — Pork Balls & Mushrooms Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pack Flamingo Pork Meat Paste
• 8 oz Quê Hương Chao Ching Rice Stick
• 1 pack Great Wall Pork Meat Balls, sliced in half
• Several juliennes of Great Wall Pork Meatloaf
• Several slices of Great Wall Fried Pork Patty
• 1 lb pork neck bone
• 2 pieces dried squid
• 2 large red onions, cut into halves
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 thumb-sized ginger, sliced thinly
• 1 tsp white pepper powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 8 pieces shiitake mushrooms
• 1/2 cup wood ear mushrooms
• 2 stalks green onion, chopped
• 2 cups bean sprouts
• 1 tsp crispy fried garlic
• 1 small bunch of cilantro, chopped
• Fish sauce
• Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. In the pot, place pork neck bones and water just enough to cover the bones, heat it to boiling, then wait until scum rises to the top. Turn heat off and drain. Rinse pork neck bones with running water then put them back in the pot.
2. Add slices of ginger and 1/2 tsp black pepper. Pour water into the pot just enough to cover everything. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1½ hours.
3. Cut the wood ear mushroom into slices. Mix well with pork meat paste.
4. Add enough water into the pot, heat to boiling. Shape the mixed pork paste to ball shape and put in the water.
5. Gently stir the meatballs, boiling them about 6 minutes, until the meatballs float. Take them out and set aside.
6. Remove the pork neck bones and completely debone, place the bones back into the pot, add wood ear pork paste balls, pork meat ball, dried squid, mushrooms, onions and 1/2 tsp black pepper, and continue boiling for 30 minutes.
7. Turn heat off; remove pork paste balls, meatballs and mushrooms. Slice the mushrooms, then set aside.
8. Place the soup on low heat until ready to serve, season with fish sauce, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
9. Julienne Great Wall Pork Meatloaf. Cut Great Wall Fried Pork Patty into slices. Set aside.
10. In a bowl, add cooked noodles and top with thinly sliced pork, pork meatballs, mushrooms, wood ear pork paste balls, pork meatloaf, and fried pork patty.
11. Pour hot soup on top, then garnish with crispy fried garlic and green onions. Add bean sprouts on top while the soup is hot. Enjoy!