ASIAN MEATBALL SOUP

Steps:

• Meatballs
• Whisk egg whites
• Add beef, bread crumbs, ginger, soy sauce and garlic. Mix well with hands
• Make into 36 1-inch meatballs and set aside
• (Can use ready-made frozen meatballs but, if not oriental style, use ginger and garlic in soup part of recipe)
• Soup
• Bring 5 cups of water to boil in 5-qt pan
• Add the 4 packets of Ramen seasoning
• Add carrots, cover and cook for 4 minutes but still crisp
• Add meatballs and snap peas (If using frozen meatballs, they do not need to be thawed first)
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 5 minutes
• Add bok choy white parts and ramen noodles (broken into four parts each)
• Cook until noodles break apart and start to soften
• Add the box choy greens and the white parts of the scallions
• Cook until boy choy greens are wilted
• Ladle soup into bowls add a couple drops of sesame oil each and garnish with scallion greens