Lion's Head Meatballs..chinese Comfort Food

Submitted by grandma2969

"These are great...can be served on rice with some light soy sauce and sesame oil to season..also like a soup"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 737.08 g ground pork
• 236.59 ml chopped red onion
• 4 chopped garlic cloves
• 14.79 ml chopped ginger
• 170.09 g can water chestnuts, chopped
• 29.58 ml mushroom soy sauce
• 9.85 ml sesame oil
• 946.36 ml chicken broth
• 236.59 ml peanut oil
• 4 whole bok choy, may use Chinese cabbage
• black pepper

directions

1. Combine pork, onion, garlic, ginger and chopped water chestnuts together in a large mixing bowl.
2. Add the soy and sesame oil and mix well to combine.
3. Shape into small balls, about the size of a golfball.
4. Roll in a little flour to bind.
5. Stir fry balls in a wok with a little peanut or vegetable till brown, but not completely cooked.
6. Heat chicken broth in a seperate saucepan or stock pot.bring to a simmer, and add browned pork balls to stock and simmer 1 hour.
7. Add washed and cut bok choy.about the last 10 minutes to cook tender crisp.
8. Serve with steamed rice with some light soy sauce and sesame oil to season.

Reviews

[H. Powell]

I didn't get the desired effect when I tried this recipe. I think it's important that the beef be really really ground up; you can't just use the ground beef that you find in the store; you need to take that and then grind it up even more! My result ended up tasting like a slightly fancier boiled pork meatball. I think simmering for 1 hour tends to overcook it. Maybe one needs to use really really low heat. I'll have to try again.