Thai-Inspired Meatball Soup with Rice Noodles (2024)

This Thai-Inspired Meatball Soup is what dreams are made of. A rich, umami-filled broth filled with perfectly flavored meatballs, delicious bok choy, and slurp-worthy rice noodles. This recipe comes together in 30 minutes and you need to make it NOW.

So, surprise surprise, meatballs aren’t really traditional Thai food. Sometimes, though, fusions work…. And in this case, they really do. It might not be normal to eat a meatball and bok choy soup in Thailand, but THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S NOT YUMMY. In fact, this Thai-inspired Meatball Soup (if I do say so myself) is downright dee-lish-ous.

[adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id=”ADUWLdrJ” upload-date=”2020-05-06T00:00:00.000Z” name=”Reader favorites” description=”5 Reader’s Favorite recipes from The Foreign Fork. This video includes recipes for Easy Pasta Sauce, Chicken Fried Rice, Thai Meatball Soup, Arepas, and Macaroni and Cheese.” player-type=”default” override-embed=”default”]

A Partnership with Mighty Spark

So here’s the story: the wonderful human beings at Mighty Spark Food sent me a cooler full of yummy ingredients to try. It was filled to the brim with exciting products, like fun-flavored Chicken Snack Sticks, Queso Fresco & Jalapeño Turkey Patties, and (the best part) different flavored ground chicken blends.

It took a while to figure out what I wanted to make with the Sweet Thai Ground Chicken blend, but finally, it came to me… Thai Meatball Soup with Bok Choy and Rice Noodles. Okay, it may not be a soup that you’d normally whip up in your kitchen, but I’m telling you, it’s so worth it. And actually, it’s very simple in terms of effort and workload. My favorite kind of recipe!

Making the Broth of Thai-Ispired Meatball Soup

The broth of this soup is easy to doctor up, and the few ingredients you add to it make all the difference. The chili paste, fish sauce, and coconut milk transforms your soup from a simple chicken broth to a creamy, warm, umami-packed soup that surprises your tastebuds.

How to Keep your Noodles from Absorbing the Broth

I learned an important lesson when making this Thai-Inspired Meatball Soup. Homemade soup with noodles doesn’t mix. If any of you have ever made a homemade soup with noodles before, you’ve found that as time goes on, the broth in your soup starts to disappear. Slowly, the pasta in the soup absorbs the broth and leaves you with a pot of soggy rice noodles.

The solution to this is simple. Don’t add the noodles into your soup. Instead, right before you serve your soup, cook up a pot of rice noodles. Drain the water from the pot. Each guest can fill their bowl with their desired amount of noodles and then spoon the soup over top. This way, each bowl is the perfect combination of broth, meatballs, and pasta!

This recipe is one I am going to make over and over again in my house. In fact, writing this post has me dreaming about it right now. Don’t forget to check out Mighty Spark’s page to purchase your Thai Spice Blend and read about their awesome mission of ending hunger!

If you liked this recipe, please leave a review to let me know! Don’t forget to also check out this Escudella Stew from Andorra and this Mantiabour Soup from Armenia! And, as always, if you make this recipe, tag @TheForeignFork on Facebook or Instagram and hashtag #TheForeignFork. Thanks for stoppin by!