Hometown specialty food: Pearl meatballs

Overview

Pearl meatballs are a famous specialty food in Wuhan. They are a must-have on the dining table during festivals, symbolizing reunion.

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• meat dishes
• old man
• spring recipes
• summer recipes
• autumn recipes
• winter recipes
• hubei cuisine
• lunch
• banquet
• cooking wine
• edible oil
• egg white
• garlic
• jiang mi
• light soy sauce
• pork
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare the required ingredients

   

2. 2 Soak the glutinous rice in cold water for more than 5 hours in advance. Put the soaked glutinous rice in a vegetable basket and drain the water

   

3. 3 Wash the pork with warm water, drain the water and chop into minced meat (chop the garlic together)

   

4. 4 First add cooking wine to the meat filling and mix evenly, then add egg white and mix evenly in one direction. After the egg white and meat filling are completely mixed, add light soy sauce, salt and oil and mix evenly

   

5. 5 Use a spoon to shape the prepared meat filling into ball shapes, and then put them into the basket with glutinous rice

   

6. 6 Roll the meatballs on all sides with a layer of glutinous rice

   

7. 7 Pick up the rolled glutinous rice balls and shake them back and forth in the palm of your hand until they become round. Place the prepared balls on the compartment of the steamer

   

8. 8 After all the meatballs are made, boil water in the steamer. After the water boils, place the steamer compartment and steam for 15 minutes