Rice Soup with Pork Dumplings

Name: Rice Soup with Pork Dumplings
Cuisine: Asian, Thai
Ingredients: 6 cups (48 fl oz/1.5 l) chicken broth; 1 Tbsp preserved radish or turnip, or tamarind paste (optional); 2 Tbsp Asian fish sauce, or to taste; Ground white pepper; 1/4 lb (125 g) ground pork shoulder; 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 oz/235 g) cooked long-grain white rice, preferably jasmine; 3 Tbsp coarsely chopped cilantro; 3 Tbsp chopped green onion, white and pale green parts; 1/4 cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) garlic oil

3 steps

A light Thai-style rice soup simmered in chicken broth with fish sauce and white pepper, dotted with tiny pork dumplings and finished with cilantro, green onion, and garlic oil.

Updated at: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:04:57 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories200.3 kcal (10%)

Total Fat13.2 g (19%)

Carbs12.9 g (5%)

Sugars1.3 g (1%)

Protein6.5 g (13%)

Sodium1376.5 mg (69%)

Fiber0.3 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

6 cupschicken broth

1 Tbsppreserved radish

or turnip, or tamarind paste, optional

2 Tbspfish sauce

Asian, or to taste

ground white pepper

125gground pork shoulder

235glong-grain white rice

cooked, preferably jasmine

3 Tbspcilantro

coarsely chopped

3 Tbspgreen onion

chopped, white and pale green parts

¼ cupgarlic oil

Instructions

Step 1

In a large saucepan, combine the broth, preserved radish, if using, fish sauce, and 1/8 tsp pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium heat. Adjust the heat to maintain a gentle simmer.

Step 2

To make each dumpling, roll about 1 teaspoon pork into a tiny ball. Drop the balls, a few at a time, into the simmering broth and cook for 1 minute. Add the rice and simmer until the rice is soft and the soup is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Serve, garnished with the cilantro, green onion, and garlic oil.