Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Chinese Lionhead Meatballs

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Chinese Lionhead Meatballs. To serve Lion's head meatballs, serve each meatball on a small plate surrounded by the greens, or in soup bowls with some of the bok choy and broth. You can also thicken some of the broth with a cornstarch and water thickener and pour over the meatballs. Lion's Head Meatball Recipe Instructions To make the meatballs: Make sure to find fatty ground pork.

Chinese pork meatballs are also called lion's head (狮子头, shi zi tou).

They feature tender, moist, and light meatballs with a savory taste.

This dish is a staple food for my family, because it's quite easy to cook in big batches and is so comforting to enjoy any time.

You can have Chinese Lionhead Meatballs using 42 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chinese Lionhead Meatballs

You need of Meatballs.
It’s 1 pound of ground pork.
You need 3 tablespoons of soy sauce.
It’s 1-1/2 tablespoon of sugar.
You need 1 tablespoons of Shaoxing wine.
It’s 8 ounces of water chestnuts.
It’s 1 cup of panko breadcrumbs.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of sesame seed oil.
It’s 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger.
You need 1 tablespoon of minced garlic.
You need 2 tablespoons of water.
You need 3 of large eggs.
You need 1 teaspoon of salt.
You need 1 cup of peanut oil to fry in.
Prepare of Bok Choy.
You need 1-1/2 pound of bok-choy.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of sesame seed oil.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of soy sauce.
Prepare of Steaming.
You need 1 quart of water.
It’s 1 tablespoon of salt.
It’s of Broth.
It’s 1/4 cup of peanut oil you used to fry meatballs.
It’s 1/3 cup of all purpose flour.
It’s 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground white pepper.
It’s 1 tablespoon of soy sauce.
Prepare 1-1/2 pints of chicken broth.
It’s 1 splash of sesame seed oil.
You need of Garnish optional.
Prepare 1/4 cup of thinly sliced scallions.
It’s 1 teaspoon of soy sauce.
It’s 1/2 teaspoon of rice vinegar.
Prepare 1 splash of roasted sesame seed oil.
It’s 1 teaspoon of honey.
It’s of Rice optional.
It’s 1 cup of long grain rice.
It’s To taste of salt.
Prepare 2 tablespoons of soya sauce.
It’s 2 cup of steam water with drippings from meatballs and bok-choy.
It’s 1/4 cup of peanut oil used to fry meatballs.

Eating the savory meatballs with rice is as addictive as eating a.

It may be a bit runny if so add a little more panko breadcrumbs.

If to hard add a little water.

Form the meatballs and fry the meatballs in the oil.

Chinese Lionhead Meatballs instructions

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..

The meatballs will be just sticky but firm enough to form.

Lion's Head Pork Meatballs (Lion's head meatballs) is a highly regarded Chinese cuisine that catches everyone's attention because of its size.

It is different because the pork meatballs are stewed in a braising liquid, instead of the conventional method like boiling or baking.

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.