Chinese Lionhead Meatballs
Chinese Lionhead Meatballs

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Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! For the meatballs, place all of the meatball ingredients into a large bowl and stir to combine. With damp hands, take a large mound of the minced meat mixture and mould into a ball that is a little. Lion's Head Meatballs (狮子头 - shīzitóu) are large pork meatballs that are steamed/braised and served with vegetables.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
  1. Take Meatballs
  2. Take ground pork
  3. Make ready soy sauce
  4. Get sugar
  5. Take Shaoxing wine
  6. Take water chestnuts
  7. Take panko breadcrumbs
  8. Prepare sesame seed oil
  9. Take ground ginger
  10. Prepare minced garlic
  11. Make ready water
  12. Prepare large eggs
  13. Get salt
  14. Take peanut oil to fry in
  15. Make ready Bok Choy
  16. Get bok-choy
  17. Prepare sesame seed oil
  18. Prepare salt
  19. Take soy sauce
  20. Take Steaming
  21. Prepare water
  22. Take salt
  23. Prepare Broth
  24. Make ready peanut oil you used to fry meatballs
  25. Get all purpose flour
  26. Prepare salt
  27. Take ground white pepper
  28. Take soy sauce
  29. Take chicken broth
  30. Make ready sesame seed oil
  31. Take Garnish optional
  32. Get thinly sliced scallions
  33. Get soy sauce
  34. Make ready rice vinegar
  35. Take roasted sesame seed oil
  36. Prepare honey
  37. Make ready Rice optional
  38. Take long grain rice
  39. Make ready salt
  40. Take soya sauce
  41. Take steam water with drippings from meatballs and bok-choy
  42. Prepare peanut oil used to fry meatballs

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. Lion's Head (large Chinese meatball) sometimes is known as Four-Joy Meatballs. This is a well-known holiday recipe for example Chinese New Year.

Steps to make Chinese Lionhead Meatballs:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Wash the bok-choy very carefully separate the stalks/ribs.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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!!!
  7. 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.
  8. Measure out 2 cups and add to the sauteeing rice. Bring to a boil and simmer. Add the rest of the soya sauce.
  9. When craters form cover and turn off the heat and let rest covered and undisturbed for 20 minutes. Fluff with a utensil and serve.

Lion's Head (large Chinese meatball) sometimes is known as Four-Joy Meatballs. This is a well-known holiday recipe for example Chinese New Year. Basically this is large fried Chinese meatballs. And we are having a braised version today. Chinese pork meatballs are also called lion's head (狮子头, shi zi tou).

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