Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chinese lionhead meatballs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chinese Lionhead Meatballs is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Chinese Lionhead Meatballs is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! Lion's Head Meatballs (狮子头 - shīzitóu) are large pork meatballs that are steamed/braised and served with vegetables. Their name derives from their shape, which resembles the head of a Chinese guardian lion, or foo dog. It can be eaten any time of year, but is often served as a celebration dish!
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook chinese lionhead meatballs using 42 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Lionhead Meatballs:
- Prepare Meatballs
- Make ready ground pork
- Take soy sauce
- Take sugar
- Prepare Shaoxing wine
- Prepare water chestnuts
- Get panko breadcrumbs
- Make ready sesame seed oil
- Take ground ginger
- Make ready minced garlic
- Make ready water
- Get large eggs
- Get salt
- Prepare peanut oil to fry in
- Make ready Bok Choy
- Take bok-choy
- Prepare sesame seed oil
- Prepare salt
- Make ready soy sauce
- Take Steaming
- Make ready water
- Make ready salt
- Get Broth
- Get peanut oil you used to fry meatballs
- Get all purpose flour
- Make ready salt
- Get ground white pepper
- Make ready soy sauce
- Get chicken broth
- Make ready sesame seed oil
- Take Garnish optional
- Make ready thinly sliced scallions
- Get soy sauce
- Take rice vinegar
- Take roasted sesame seed oil
- Make ready honey
- Prepare Rice optional
- Make ready long grain rice
- Take salt
- Take soya sauce
- Get steam water with drippings from meatballs and bok-choy
- Make ready peanut oil used to fry meatballs
Basically this is large fried Chinese meatballs. And we are having a braised version today. In a bowl, mix the mince, finely chopped spring onion, ginger and soy. Heat a nonstick frying pan over a medium heat.
Steps to make Chinese Lionhead Meatballs:
- Mix the meatball ingredients. It may be a bit runny if so add a little more panko breadcrumbs. If to hard add a little water.
- Heat the oil. Form the meatballs and fry the meatballs in the oil. The meatballs will be just sticky but firm enough to form. Get the water boiling in the steamer so it will be ready to steam. Get a good crust on the outside of the meatballs. No need to get the meatballs done, that will happen when you steam it.
- Wash the bok-choy very carefully separate the stalks/ribs.
- If you are using baby bok-choy just trim the ends. If using bigger bok-choy cut the big parts of the stalks into small portions. Coat the bok-choy with sesame seed oil, soya sauce, and salt. Let sit and marinate for 10 minutes. Steam the bok-choy with the fried meatballs for 30-40 minutes.
- In the pot with the flour mixture add and reduce the chicken broth to half. When the bok-choy and meatballs are done dip into bowls or plates, and add some of the broth.
- Slice the scallions and mash gently with a fork to separate the rings. Add to a bowl with soya sauce, honey, sesame oil, and vinegar serve over the top as an option, or just serve with meatballs over the top of rice, and bok-choy with the sauce. I hope you enjoy!!!
- Add oil to pot and sauté the rice. Add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and splash of sesame seed oil. The water should still be hot.
- Measure out 2 cups and add to the sauteeing rice. Bring to a boil and simmer. Add the rest of the soya sauce.
- When craters form cover and turn off the heat and let rest covered and undisturbed for 20 minutes. Fluff with a utensil and serve.
In a bowl, mix the mince, finely chopped spring onion, ginger and soy. Heat a nonstick frying pan over a medium heat. Traditionally this Shanghai casserole dish featuring oversized pork meatballs and greens is made with pork fat and cooked in a sand clay pot. The large meatballs are meant to represent a lion, and the shredded greens its mane. Chinese pork meatballs are also called lion's head (狮子头, shi zi tou).
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