How to Make Any-night-of-the-week Tender and Juicy Low-Cal Chinese Meatballs

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Chinese meatballs, usually called Lion's Head, are light, tender and juicy meatballs with a savory flavor. They are very juicy due to the use of pork, which is a fattier meat, along with the technique of steaming them to help keep the juices inside the meatballs. Traditionally, they are made with water. How to make Chinese beef meatballs!

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook tender and juicy low-cal chinese meatballs using 26 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tender and Juicy Low-Cal Chinese Meatballs:

1. Make ready Meatballs:
2. Take 200 grams Pork mince (mixed with beef mince is also OK)
3. Take 1/4 Onion (large)
4. Make ready 1 dash Ginger (grated)
5. Get 4 tbsp Panko
6. Get 1 tbsp Katakuriko
7. Make ready 1 Egg
8. Get 1 tbsp Sake
9. Prepare 1/2 tbsp Soy sauce
10. Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt
11. Make ready 1 Pepper
12. Take For the sweet & hot soy sauce:
13. Make ready 2 tbsp ● Soy sauce
14. Prepare 2 tbsp ● Mirin
15. Make ready 1/2 to 1 tablespoon ● Sugar
16. Prepare 1 tbsp ● Sake
17. Take 1 ● Umami seasoning (such as Ajinomoto)
18. Prepare 100 ml ● Water
19. Take For the sweet vinegar sauce:
20. Make ready 2 tbsp 〇 Soy sauce
21. Make ready 2 tbsp 〇 Sugar
22. Prepare 1 tbsp 〇 Sake
23. Get 1 tbsp 〇 Vinegar
24. Make ready 100 ml 〇 Water
25. Make ready 1 as required Katakuriko
26. Take 2 tsp Sesame oil (or vegetable oil)

This is the most easy Chinese meatball recipe with super simple ingredients and a wonderful, fresh dipping sauce. The texture and taste of the pork mixture finally decide the texture of the meatballs. In order to make them as tender as possible, I usually add some water and then followed with seasonings. The meatballs are juicy and the kitchen doesn't skimp on the vermicelli noodles, and they add Shanghai bok choy along with Napa cabbage.

Steps to make Tender and Juicy Low-Cal Chinese Meatballs:

1. Combine the meatball ingredients, and mix well.
2. Add some more panko if the mixture is too soft. The resultant meatballs taste better with a softer meatball mixture.
3. Boil water, add salt and sake (not listed in the ingredients), and boil the meatballs. The meatball mixture is quite soft, so shape the mixture into balls right before placing them in the hot water.
4. Look at Helpful Hints as to how to boil the meatballs. Drain the meatballs in a colander after they are cooked through.
5. Pat dry the meatballs with kitchen paper. Coat the meatballs with katakuriko evenly. Make any size of meatballs to your taste.
6. Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan and brown all the sides of the meatballs to allow them to have a good colour and flavour.
7. I fry the meatballs after boiling them, but you don't need to do this. After boiling the meatballs, coat them with the sauce. In this case, thicken the sauce with katakuriko dissolved in water.
8. After the meatballs are browned, add the sauce ingredients of your choice. Simmer slowly over a low heat to let the meatballs absorb the sauce.
9. The katakuriko coating the meatballs thickens the sauce. Reduce the sauce to let it coat the meatballs.
10. Once the sauce is shiny, it is ready. Garnish with the thinly sliced white part of a Japanese leek or sprinkle with sesame seeds to finish.

In order to make them as tender as possible, I usually add some water and then followed with seasonings. The meatballs are juicy and the kitchen doesn't skimp on the vermicelli noodles, and they add Shanghai bok choy along with Napa cabbage. To make the meatballs, you want to use a mixture of regular ground pork and fatty ground pork. If you can't find fatty ground pork, you can finely mince or. These Juicy and flavorful Asian meatballs are topped with a homemade sticky Asian sauce.

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