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Beef Soup

Beef Soup or Soup Ko is a basic but tasty Khmer soup made of beef shank, beef bones for a flavourful broth, green papaya, and other ingredients. It's delicious with rice or fried breadsticks.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
Servings: 5 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Cambodian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3.3 lbs beef bones [ 1.5kg ]
  • 500 g beef shank
  • 500 g daikon
  • 500 g carrot
  • 500 g green papaya
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 8 cloves garlic
  • 1 large clove shallot [ 50g ]
  • 1 large onion [ 120g ]
  • 2 stalks lemongrass
  • 6 kaffir lime leaves
  • 15 g galangal
  • 3 tbsp sugar [ 45g ]
  • 4 tbsp fish sauce [ 50ml ]
  • 3 tbsp oyster sauce [ 50g ]
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp chicken soup base mix
  • 3 litres water [ for parboil the beef bones ]
  • 6 litres water [ for broth ]
  • Beef meatballs [ homemade ]
  • Fried breadsticks [ homemade ]
Topping:
  • Sawtooth coriander
  • Fried garlic
  • Lime

Method
 

  1. Using mortar and pestle to smash the garlic, shallot, galangal, and lemongrass.
  2. Cut onion in half, and cut daikon, green papaya and carrot into 2 inches long.
  3. Thinly slice sawtooth coriander, for topping.
  4. Cut the beef shank into 2 inches long.
  5. In a large port, bring the large amount of water to a boil, and add the beef bones and parboil for 10 minutes to remove any impurities. Rinse to clean and drain.
Cooking Beef Soup:
  1. Use a large pot and place it over medium heat, add olive oil, crushed garlic, shallot, galangal, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves, stir until fragrant.
  2. Add the cut onion, stir. Continue to add sugar, fish sauce, salt, oyster sauce, chicken soup base mix, and stir to combine.
  3. Add beef shank, and stir about 2-3 minutes, then add the beef bones.
  4. Add water to cover the meat and start simmering until the beef tender.
  5. Skim off the foam.
  6. After 1 hour of simmering, take out the onion, garlic for having a clear broth. Then add 3 litres of boiling water, daikon, carrot, green papaya and continue to cook for 30 minutes.
  7. Add homemade beef meatballs to your liking, and cook for about 1-2 minutes and it's ready to serve.
  8. Top with fried garlic, sawtooth coriander, lime and sweet soybean paste sauce.
  9. Serve with rice, noodles, fried breadsticks, or just the soup alone.
  10. Enjoy!