Meatballs with dried plums and vegetables

Meatballs with dried plums and vegetables

Overview

The taste of lean meatballs with dried plums and vegetables in my hometown is made by almost every family in Wenzhou. The tangy aroma when it comes out of the pot is deeply memorable to me. In the hot summer when my appetite is low, I can actually eat a big bowl of rice with just a plate of prune dumplings and a plate of watermelon. The raw prunes are dried by my mother herself, so they are clean and safe

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare the raw materials. Chop the pork belly into minced meat. Soak the prunes, vegetables and shiitake mushrooms for 20 minutes and then chop them as well.

    Meatballs with dried plums and vegetables step 1

  2. Mix the minced meat, mushrooms and prunes, add light soy sauce, cooking wine, salt, monosodium glutamate and a little sugar, then add 2 eggs and mix thoroughly with your hands. If the meat filling is too wet at this time, add starch as appropriate.

    Meatballs with dried plums and vegetables step 2

  3. Shape the meat into meatball shapes with your hands and place on the plate.

    Meatballs with dried plums and vegetables step 3

  4. Steam for 15 minutes. If you don’t make toppings, you can just add some cooking wine and serve. Because I wanted to use up a piece of tofu in the refrigerator, I crushed the tofu and added a little light soy sauce, thickened it with starch in a separate pot, and topped it with meatballs.

    Meatballs with dried plums and vegetables step 4

  5. A bowl of rice, a plate of watermelon, and a plate of prune and vegetable balls. Enjoy lunch alone.

    Meatballs with dried plums and vegetables step 5

  6. It tastes better when poured over rice.

    Meatballs with dried plums and vegetables step 6