How to Make Super Quick Homemade Chinese Lionhead Meatballs

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chinese lionhead meatballs. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Lion's Head Meatballs (狮子头 - shīzitóu) are large pork meatballs that are steamed/braised and served with vegetables. Their name derives from their shape, which resembles the head of a Chinese guardian lion, or foo dog. It can be eaten any time of year, but is often served as a celebration dish! Traditionally this Shanghai casserole dish featuring oversized pork meatballs and greens is made with pork fat and cooked in a sand clay pot.

Chinese Lionhead Meatballs is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chinese Lionhead Meatballs is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook chinese lionhead meatballs using 42 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese Lionhead Meatballs:

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

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. 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.

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.

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. Lion's Head Chinese Meatballs are a popular Chinese New Year dish that we enjoy almost every year. Tender and juicy homemade pork meatballs are packed with Asian seasonings and tossed in a sweet and sticky sauce.

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