Thai Tapioca Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 cups chicken stock or 5 cups lamb stock
• 1/2 cup ground lamb
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 3 tablespoons asian fish sauce (nam pla)
• 1/2 cup tapioca
• 1/2 cup cooked crabmeat (or canned)
• pepper, to taste
• cilantro, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 heat the stock to simmering in a large pan.
• 2 pour 1/2 cup of the hot stock into a bowl and stir in the lamb.
• 3 return mixture to the pan.
• 4 add the garlic and fish sauce, then add the tapioca and cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
• 5 when the tapioca is clear, add the crab meat and season to taste with pepper.
• 6 remove from the heat.
• 7 garnish with chopped cilantro before serving.