Thai Glass Noodle Soup Gaeng Jued Woon Sen 🍲🥬

Description

A clean Thai glass noodle soup with silky broth, tender chicken meatballs, napa cabbage, and soft glass noodles, light, aromatic, and deeply comforting with a premium home style feel. 🌿

Hook ✨

If you want a Thai soup that feels soothing, elegant, and highly useful for year round search, gaeng jued woon sen is the quiet classic, light broth, delicate texture, and real comfort in one bowl. ✨

Ingredients

• Broth
• 💧 1.5 l chicken stock or light broth (6¼ cups / 51 fl oz)
• 🧄 12 g garlic, smashed (4 cloves / 0.4 oz)
• 🫚 10 g ginger, sliced (1 tbsp / 0.35 oz)
• 🌿 2 cilantro roots or 10 g stems, bruised (2 roots / 0.35 oz)
• 🥣 30 ml fish sauce (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• 🧂 2 g fine salt, to taste (½ tsp / 0.07 oz)
• ⚪ 1 g white pepper (¼ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• Glass noodles and vegetables
• 🍜 100 g glass noodles, dry (3.5 oz)
• 🥬 250 g napa cabbage, bite size (4 cups / 8.8 oz)
• 🥕 120 g carrot, thin slices (1 cup / 4.2 oz)
• 🍄 150 g shiitake or oyster mushrooms, sliced (1½ cups / 5.3 oz)
• 🧅 60 g scallions, sliced (1 cup / 2.1 oz)
• 🌿 15 g cilantro leaves (1 cup / 0.5 oz)
• Chicken meatballs
• 🍗 400 g ground chicken (14 oz)
• 🧄 6 g garlic, finely minced (2 cloves / 0.2 oz)
• 🫚 5 g ginger, finely minced (1 tsp / 0.18 oz)
• 🥣 15 ml fish sauce (1 tbsp / 0.5 fl oz)
• ⚪ 1 g white pepper (¼ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🌽 10 g cornstarch (1 tbsp / 0.35 oz)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Soak the noodles
2. Soak glass noodles in warm water 8 min until flexible, then drain and cut once or twice so they are easier to eat. 🍜
3. 2️⃣ Mix the meatballs
4. Combine ground chicken, garlic, ginger, fish sauce, white pepper, and cornstarch until sticky and cohesive. 🍗
5. 3️⃣ Start the broth
6. Add stock, smashed garlic, ginger slices, and cilantro roots or stems to a pot, bring to a gentle simmer for 8 min. 🌿
7. 4️⃣ Shape and cook the meatballs
8. Scoop small meatballs straight into the simmering broth and cook 5–6 min until just cooked through. 🥄
9. 5️⃣ Add vegetables
10. Add carrot, mushrooms, and napa cabbage, simmer 3–4 min until just tender and bright. 🥬
11. 6️⃣ Add the noodles
12. Add soaked glass noodles and simmer 1–2 min until silky and clear. ✨
13. 7️⃣ Season clean
14. Stir in fish sauce, salt if needed, and white pepper, then taste for a light balanced broth. 🥣
15. 8️⃣ Finish and serve
16. Turn off heat, add scallions and cilantro, rest 1 min, then ladle into bowls and serve hot. 🍽️

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 18 min
🛋️ Rest: 1 min
⏰ Total: 34 min

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