Meat Ball with Soy Sauce
1.
Wash the pork belly, peel it and cut into large pieces, put it flat on a tray and freeze it in the refrigerator until the meat becomes hard but not completely frozen.
2.
Slice the pork belly first, then shred, and finally cut into meat cubes, about the size of a soybean;
3.
Then chop all the cut pieces of meat with a knife a few times.
4.
Cut the green onion and ginger into fine pieces, the thinner the better. The lotus root is sliced into thin slices and then finely shredded into fine pieces;
5.
Put the meat pieces in a basin, add soy sauce, salt, chopped green onion and ginger, beat in eggs, mix well;
6.
Add lotus root and mix well;
7.
Then mix the starch with a little bit of water to form a thick starch paste and pour it in the same direction and stir evenly. You don't need to smash the meat, because the lion's head that comes out is not soft enough;
8.
Take a ball of minced meat, turn the left and right hands into round balls, and put them in a tray. I eat them by myself in order to shorten the stewing time, but the balls are not big. If it’s for looking good, you can make 4 per pound of meat, which is more imposing and more like a lion head;
9.
Put the oil in the pot to heat up, put the balls into the oil one by one, scoop up the hot oil with a spoon and gently pour it on the lion’s head;
10.
The meatballs are slightly colored when fried on medium-high fire, and the shells are slightly hardened and fished out;
11.
Take out a few of the fried lion heads (the rest can be chilled and preserved, or you can simmer them all at once. The soup can be divided into small portions to refrigerate or freeze, and add some greens when you eat), put it in a casserole or soup pot, The water is less than the lion's head, because the soup is very delicious after cooking, so put all the seasonings in the soup;
12.
Bring to a boil over high heat and taste it. The soup is slightly salty and the aftertaste is slightly sweet. Change the heat to keep slightly bubbling and then simmer for at least 2 hours. If it is large, it is best to cook for more than 3 hours. , The stewed time is longer and the taste is softer. You can use an electric rice cooker to stew. You don't need to worry about it when you switch to the heat preservation position after boiling. You can turn it on after 5 hours, or put it in the rice cooker before going to bed at night.
13.
When eating, you can put a handful of rapeseed (green cabbage) or the baby cabbage torn into strips and boil it softly. The soup is also very delicious. You can also take out the lion head and put it in a deep dish. Take some soup and put starch water to make one. Just pour the thicker broth.