[Henan] Cilantro Meatballs

Overview

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it is our custom here to make croquettes during the Chinese New Year. Although we eat less fried food now, almost every family still makes Chinese New Year croquettes. This meatball, which symbolizes reunion, can be eaten in many ways. It can be fried and eaten directly, steamed in a bowl, made into a stew, etc. There are also many types of croquettes, such as lotus root meatballs, tofu balls, coriander balls, etc. Today I made coriander meatballs, which are also delicious when cooked in hot pot. As soon as I see the fried meatballs, I feel the flavor of the New Year.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• coriander
• edible oil
• five spice powder
• ginger powder
• light soy sauce
• pork
• rice wine
• steamed buns
• water starch
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Pork snowflake meat, which is the front neck meat, is chopped by hand, add all the seasonings and mix well,

   

2. 2 To make your own handmade steamed buns, peel off the skin and break them into pieces using a meat grinder cup. You can also mash the cold steamed buns by hand

   

3. 3 Stir the meat filling until it is thick, pour the crushed steamed bun residue into the meat filling and mix evenly. The meatballs made with the addition of minced steamed buns have a softer texture.

   

4. 4 Wash the coriander and remove excess water

   

5. 5 Chop it into pieces and put it into the meat filling

   

6. 6 Chop it into pieces and put it into the meat filling, add an appropriate amount of cooking oil and mix the coriander, then mix the coriander and meat filling evenly

   

7. 7 Add about 50 grams of water starch

   

8. 8 Mix well

   

9. 9 Form into balls about 2 cm in diameter

   

10. 10 Heat the oil to 60% and fry until cooked

    

11. 11 Fried meatballs control oil and are good when eaten in diameter. They can also be used in stews, steamed bowls, hot pots, etc.