Bakso
bihun (rice vermicelli) and fried wontons | |
Course | Main |
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Place of origin | Indonesia, derived from the Chinese meatball |
Region or state | Nationwide |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Ground beef, tapioca, noodle, rice vermicelli, beef broth, kailan, celery, salted vegetables, fried shallots |
Variations | Bakwan Malang, phở bò viên (Vietnamese noodle soup with meatballs), Chinese beef balls |
1 medium ball of bakso contains 21 mg cholesterol, 134 mg sodium, and 57 calories.[1] kcal | |
Bakso or baso is an
Bakso can be found all across Indonesia, from street vendors to high-class restaurants. Along with soto, satay, and siomay, bakso is one of the most popular street foods in Indonesia.[4] Today, various types of ready-to-cook bakso are also available as frozen foods sold in supermarkets in Indonesia. It is usually eaten with noodles.
Ingredients, contents, and serving
Bakso is commonly made from finely ground beef with a small quantity of
As most Indonesians are
Traditionally the beef surimi paste or dough is made into balls by hand and boiled in hot water. After the meat is done, the meatballs are dried and served or refrigerated for later use. Pre-cooked bakso are usually displayed in the windows of street vendor carts.
Bakso is usually served in a bowl of beef
Origin
The name bakso originated from bak-so (
Despite its possible Chinese origin, bakso seems to have undergone localization, especially into
In Bandung, West Java, there is a type of bakso called bakso cuanki, which is similar to bakso Malang. It can contain various types of bakso ingredients; such as bakso aci, siomay dumpling, boiled wonton, fried wonton, and fried bakso, served with scallion and broth soup.[10]
Variations
Indonesia has developed numerous bakso variants, usually differing in shape, size, texture, ingredients, and fillings.[11]
- Bakso aci: meatball with more tapioca content
- Bakso ayam: chicken bakso
- Bakso babi: pork meatball
- Bakso bakar: grilled and skewered bakso, prepared to satay
- Bakso beranak: big meatball filled with small meatballs
- Bakso bola tenis tennis ball-sized bakso, either filled with hard-boiled egg as bakso telur or filled with tetelan which includes pieces of spare beef meat and fat or urat (tendon).
- Bakso cuanki: a famous bakso in Bandung, West Java
- Bakso gepeng: flat beef bakso, usually has a finer and more homogenous texture
- Bakso goreng: fried bakso with a rather hard texture, usually consumed solely as a snack or mixed in one bowl as part of bakso Malang or bakso cuanki
- Bakso gulung: long bakso wrapped in tofu skin.[12]
- Bakso iga/rusuk: short ribs bakso.[13]
- Bakso ikan: fish bakso (fish ball). In Karimunjawa, there is a bakso dish made of caesionidae meat and called bakso ikan ekor kuning.[14] In West Lampung Regency, bakso ikan blue marlin made of marlin, is a common bakso dish.[15] Bakso kakap or snapper bakso dish is scattered in the city of Semarang.[16][17] In Malingping District of Lebak Regency, bakso ikan is made of skipjack tuna or mackerel.[18]
- Bakso jamur, mushroom bakso
- Bakso keju: a modern variant of bakso, filled with either cheddar or mozzarella cheese
- Bakso kotak: cube-shaped bakso
- Bakso krikil: small meatballs like gravel have become a bakso dish in Magelang.[19]
- Bakso lohoa: made from minced chicken meat and prawn mixed with soun noodles, mushrooms, and vegetable pieces.[20]
- Bakso Malang: bakso dish from the city of Malang in East Java; complete with noodles, tofu, siomay, and fried wontons
- Bakso mercon: lit. "firecracker bakso", refer to an extra hot and spicy bakso filled with sambal made of chilli pepper and birds eye chili pepper
- Bakso nyuknyang: bakso dish from Makassar, South Sulawesi. It is eaten with burasa and squeezed of calamansi.[21] The halal version using beef and non-halal one using pork.
- Bakso rusa: venison meatball. A delicacy of Merauke Regency.[22]
- Bakso selimut: egg-wrapped bakso.[23]
- Bakso tahu: bakso meat dough filled into tofu
- Bakso taichan: bakso with sour and super spicy soup.[24]
- Bakso telur: a tennis ball-sized bakso with hard-boiled chicken egg wrapped inside
- Bakso tumpeng: cone-shaped bakso
- Bakso udang: shrimp bakso with a slightly pink color
- Bakso urat: bakso filled with tendonsand coarse meat
Condiments
Bakso stalls usually served bottles of sauces,
- Bawang goreng crisp fried shallot sprinkled upon bakso
- Kecap manisor sweet soy sauce, to add a mild sweetness
- Sambal chili paste to add spiciness
- Bottled hot sauce
- Ketchup tomato sauce
- Vinegar to add sourness
- Tongcay preserved salted vegetables
Popularity
Bakso is one of the most popular street foods in Indonesian cities and villages alike.[4] Travelling street vendors, either by carts or bikes are often frequenting residential areas in Indonesia, while bakso warung and humble tent food stalls are often sprung on street sides in Indonesian cities. Bakso came to international attention when United States President Barack Obama remembered it as one of his favourite foods from his childhood in Indonesia, and mentioned it in his speech.[2][3] It was also part of a task in The Amazing Race Asia 1, The Amazing Race Australia 1 and The Amazing Race 28 where teams had to either sell and/or eat bakso.
The traveling meatball vendor is often associated with
Similar dishes
Similar meatball dishes can be found in other
The dish is also similar to Vietnamese noodle soup with meatballs, phở bò viên.[27][28] In Vietnam, Phở means noodle soup while Bò Viên is meatballs.[29] Phở Bò Viên is one of the versions of Pho dishes in Vietnam. It has been considered as the national dish of Vietnam.[30]
In Malaysia and Singapore, there is a similar meatball soup called bebola daging, which is a Malay translation of "meatball". Many recipes of bebola daging in Malaysia and Singapore are derived from either Western (Indian or European) or Eastern (Chinese) meatballs, such as bebola daging Masala which is derived from Indian cuisine influence.[31]
In the Philippines, meatballs are called almondigas or bola-bola, and are usually served in a misua noodle soup with toasted garlic, squash, and pork cracklings. Bola-bolas are also stewed or pan-fried until golden brown.
Health issue
In the past,
See also
- Chinese Indonesian cuisine
- List of meatball dishes
- Mie ayam
- Mie bakso
- Mie kocok
- Swedish meatballs
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