How to Make Tasty Chinese Lionhead Meatballs

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

Eating the savory meatballs with rice is as addictive as eating a. 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. You can cook Chinese Lionhead Meatballs using 42 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chinese Lionhead Meatballs

1. Prepare of Meatballs.
2. Prepare 1 pound of ground pork.
3. Prepare 3 tablespoons of soy sauce.
4. It's 1-1/2 tablespoon of sugar.
5. Prepare 1 tablespoons of Shaoxing wine.
6. Prepare 8 ounces of water chestnuts.
7. It's 1 cup of panko breadcrumbs.
8. You need 1 teaspoon of sesame seed oil.
9. You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger.
10. Prepare 1 tablespoon of minced garlic.
11. You need 2 tablespoons of water.
12. It's 3 of large eggs.
13. You need 1 teaspoon of salt.
14. Prepare 1 cup of peanut oil to fry in.
15. It's of Bok Choy.
16. Prepare 1-1/2 pound of bok-choy.
17. It's 1 teaspoon of sesame seed oil.
18. It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
19. You need 1 tablespoon of soy sauce.
20. Prepare of Steaming.
21. It's 1 quart of water.
22. It's 1 tablespoon of salt.
23. Prepare of Broth.
24. It's 1/4 cup of peanut oil you used to fry meatballs.
25. It's 1/3 cup of all purpose flour.
26. You need 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
27. You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground white pepper.
28. It's 1 tablespoon of soy sauce.
29. It's 1-1/2 pints of chicken broth.
30. It's 1 splash of sesame seed oil.
31. It's of Garnish optional.
32. It's 1/4 cup of thinly sliced scallions.
33. Prepare 1 teaspoon of soy sauce.
34. You need 1/2 teaspoon of rice vinegar.
35. You need 1 splash of roasted sesame seed oil.
36. It's 1 teaspoon of honey.
37. Prepare of Rice optional.
38. It's 1 cup of long grain rice.
39. You need To taste of salt.
40. Prepare 2 tablespoons of soya sauce.
41. You need 2 cup of steam water with drippings from meatballs and bok-choy.
42. You need 1/4 cup of peanut oil used to fry meatballs.

Basically this is large fried Chinese meatballs. And we are having a braised version today. Additionally, those meat balls can also be steamed or use as ingredient in soup recipes. Meatballs were good but not 'mouth-watering' or even close.

Chinese Lionhead Meatballs instructions

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..

And it was a lot of work with some exotic ingredients that will unlikely be used again before having to be thrown away. Dish was tasty enough (tho a bit salty.more brown sugar?) but won't make again for those reasons. Lion's Head Meatball Recipe Instructions To make the meatballs: Make sure to find fatty ground pork. It is called Lion Head meatballs because, once cooked, the meatballs are surrounded by Chinese cabbage, and the meatball is said to resemble the head of the lion, while the long pieces of cabbage. Of all my changes I'd recommend adding the garlic powder and chinese five spice browning the meatballs and adding some vinegar to the broth.