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Leng Saeb Recipe (Spicy Thai Pork Bone Soup)
Enjoy this leng saeb recipe, a spicy Thai pork bone soup with tender pork in a saucy broth, loaded with chilies. It’s easy and perfect for a bold meal!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 51 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Thai
Ingredients
PORK STOCK
- 42 ounces pork bones neck or back bones
- 68 fluid ounces water
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 3 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 onion
- 1/2 tablespoon black peppercorns
- 4 coriander root
- 6 cloves garlic
LENG SAEB BROTH
- 17 fluid ounces pork stock
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- Chilies bird's eye chilies, to taste
- culantro to taste
- green onions to taste
Instructions
CRUSH HERBS AND SPICES
- Crush garlic, coriander root, and black peppercorns with a mortar and pestle.
Cup of Yum
COOK PORK STOCK
- Place a large pot filled with water on medium heat. Add the pounded mixture to the water.
- Once the water reaches a boil, carefully add the pork bones to the pot.
- Include sliced onion, light soy sauce, and salt.
- When the broth comes to a boil again, remove any scum that floats to the surface. Let the stock simmer for about an hour, or until the meat on the bones is tender.
PREPARE THE BROTH
- Pour 17 fl oz of the prepared pork stock into a separate saucepan.
- Add fish sauce, freshly squeezed lime juice, chilies to taste, culantro, and green onions.
- Arrange the tender pork bones in a serving dish and ladle the prepared broth over them. Serve with a side of rice.
Notes
- Use the nutrition card in this recipe as a guideline.
- Serve with jasmine rice or Thai sticky rice.
- Generously add chilies to taste.
Nutrition Information
Calories
51kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
0.2g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.1g
(1%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.04g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.1g
Sodium
3481mg
(145%)
Potassium
375mg
(11%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
14IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
7mg
(8%)
Calcium
54mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 51
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 51kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 0.2g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Sodium | 3481mg | 145% |
| Potassium | 375mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 14IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 7mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 54mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.