Stewed Lion's Head

Stewed Lion's Head

by Yilan Tinghai

4.7 (1)
Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

2h

Serving

3

Lion's head is a traditional dish in Huaiyang cuisine in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province and other places in China. It has a soft texture, fat but not greasy, and rich nutrition. Braised or stewed in soy sauce is very popular.

Ingredients

Stewed Lion's Head

1. Wash the bones and blanch them.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

2. Put the bones in the pot and simmer for 1.5 hours.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

3. First slice the meat, then cut into strips, and finally cut into fine diced meat.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

4. Then randomly chop a few knives to increase the stickiness of the meat.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

5. Add salt, sugar, cooking wine, and white pepper to the diced meat and stir evenly until it becomes sticky. Stir in the same direction.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

6. Add starch and chopped water chestnuts and mix well, and the lion head stuffing is ready.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

7. Remove the bones and leave half of the broth.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

8. Put the Chinese cabbage gang on the bottom of the pot, then take a tuft of lion head stuffing and beat it several times between your hands to form a big meatball, put it on the vegetable gang, and then cover the lion's head with the leaves.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

9. Add the soup to almost no lion's head. Bring to a boil on high heat. Turn to low heat and stew for 1.5 hours.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

10. Finally, blanch the sea greens, remove the boiled cabbage leaves, season with salt and white pepper, and serve.

Stewed Lion's Head recipe

Tips:

1. Meatballs are generally not whole meat, and some auxiliary materials such as lotus root, water chestnuts, winter bamboo shoots are usually added in order to taste not greasy and tender.
2. Simmer slowly, the soup will be clear.
3. Make sure to use broth, preferably chicken broth.

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