Sixi meatballs

Minced Pork 300g	Quail eggs 4
Egg 1	Water chestnut 6
carrot 1 root	Lettuce 1 piece
Red yeast rice 1 scoop	Rock candy 1 block
Star anise 1	Cinnamon 1 paragraph
Dried chili 3 pieces	Fragrant leaves 2 tablets
Ginger and green onion Three tablets each	Pepper 1 small spoon
Light soy sauce 2 scoops	Cooking wine 2 scoops
Oyster sauce 2 scoops	Water starch 1 small spoon
Oil and salt Appropriate amount

How to make Sixi Meatballs

Step 1

Add an appropriate amount of 1 egg, salt, minced ginger, pepper and starch to the minced meat, and stir vigorously in one direction;

Step 2

Add appropriate amount of ground water chestnuts and stir in the same direction;

Step 3

Then beat it with your hands to make it strong enough for later use;

Step 4

Place a bowl of water next to it, take out a meat ball, put a cooked quail egg in the middle, and wrap it well;

Step 5

Pour it from your left hand to your right hand, and keep turning it around. If the middle is a little sticky, you can put some water on it with your hands until it forms a smooth ball;

Step 6

Heat oil in a pot. When it is 60-70% hot, add the freshly formed meatballs and fry them;

Step 7

Fry the meatballs until the surface is golden brown and take them out;

Step 8

Put a little oil in the pot, add onions, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves and stir-fry;

Step 9

Stir-fry until fragrant and add the freshly fried meatballs; 10. 11 12.

Step 10

Then add an appropriate amount of boiling water, light soy sauce, cooking wine and a little red yeast rice;

Step 11

. Bring to a boil over high heat, cover, turn to low heat, and cook for thirty minutes;

Step 12

Remove large pieces of ginger, onion, garlic, aniseed and other debris;

Step 13

Add a little oyster sauce, turn up the heat, and remove the meatballs after the juice is reduced;

Step 14

Add appropriate amount of water starch to the remaining soup to thicken;

Step 15

. Pour the gravy over the meatballs;

Step 16

Finally, add some carrots shaped like copper coins to garnish. Cooking tips for Sixi meatballs

1. Add an appropriate amount of seasoning to the minced meat and stir in one direction, then add minced water chestnuts (do not chop too finely, a little graininess is better) to adjust the taste, then beat the minced meat with your hands to make it firmer ; 2. Take out a ball of minced meat, put a cooked quail egg in the middle, and keep pouring it with your left and right hands. If the middle is a little sticky, you can put some water or oil on the surface until the surface is smooth; heat the pot. Oil, when the oil is seven layers cooked, add the dough balls and fry until golden brown, take them out and set aside; 3. Leave a little oil in the pot, add onion, ginger and aniseed and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the meatballs, add an appropriate amount of water, light soy sauce, cooking wine, and red yeast rice (mainly for coloring), and cook over low heat for 30 Divide and cook the meatballs until cooked; 4. Finally add some oyster sauce, reduce the juice over high heat, take it out, place light soy sauce leaves underneath, add an appropriate amount of water starch to the remaining soup to thicken it, pour the gravy sauce over the meatballs, and garnish with coin-shaped carrots.