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Lotus root meatballs

Lotus root meatballs are very simple to make and a nice variation on the typical meatballs found in Western dishes. The lotus root pieces give a nice crunchy bite to the meatballs and a little ginger makes it taste fresher. Full recipe below

Lotus root meatballs (pingyin: ou wan, chinese: 藕丸)

Ingredients:

1 lotus root
equal amount of minced pork meat
little bit of spring onion (spoon)
1 egg
little bit fresh ginger (teaspoon)
few tablespoons flour
salt, cooking wine, chicken powder (stuff to make chicken soup), light soy sauce

Prepare:

peel the lotus root, wash the sand off and chop it very fine into pieces a few mm and put in a bowl
chop a little bit of spring onion fine and add
also very finely chop a little bit of fresh ginger and add it
mix in the minced pork, whole egg
add salt, tiny bit of cooking wine (not too much, because it becomes too wet), chicken powder and light soy sauce (tiny bit)
add any kind of flour to make the dough a little bit dryer and more sticky

Cooking:

Best use a flat pan, because the meatballs tend to fall apart easily
heat the oil, and add the meatballs in
bake till golden brown on one side and turn over
only takes a few minutes per meatball

Lotus root, after peeling the outside with a fine-peeler and washing. Use one of these pieces for this dish

pork_meat_lotus_root

Mincing the lean pork meat. In the bowl we added the minced lotus root, a little bit of spring onion and ginger. Using two knives to mince the meat is just for show ;)

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