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Chinese Sweet Sour Meatball (Video)

I am not sure whether you like Chinese sweet sour meatball or not, I love it. It is always one of my favourite dishes in our family New Year food party.

The meatballs are fried to golden brown and they taste great even without the sweet sour sauce. The combination of sweet and sour gives the meatballs another lovely special flavour.

I used to watch my mum making this at home during every Chinese New Year festival. So here is my version of Chinese sweet sour meatball, which I made when I joined this Chinese New Year food party with my Chinese colleagues. You can see it is not difficult to make it by yourself.

Homemade Chinese Sweet Sour Meatball.

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Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

  • 250g lean pork mince
  • fresh ginger, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 2 tsp corn starch flour  
  • 1tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 3 tbsp cold water
  • cabbage (for the base) 

Method for Chinese Sweet Sour Meatball

Prepare:

  • Finely chop the ginger.
  • Add salt, light soy sauce and chopped ginger into the pork mince.
  • Mix the ingredients with pork mince and make the meatballs.
  • For the sweet sour sauce, mix the corn starch flour, sugar, vinegar with cold water.  

Cook:

  • Heat the frying pan until hot, add the oil.
  • Fry the meatballs.
  • Meanwhile, heat another sauce pan to cook the mixed sweet sour ingredients.
  • Stir frequently, until the sauce is sticky.      
  • Use one sauce pan to boil the cabbage for several minutes till it is cooked. Place the cabbage in a large plate.
  • Once the meatballs are fried till golden brown, place them on the cabbage base.
  • Pour the sweet sour sauce on top of the meatballs, or use them as dipping sauce.
  • Serve immediately.    

Tips:

  • The key ingredient for the meatball is the ginger. Finely chopping is recommended.

  • When make the meatballs, you may also mix some corn flour with the meat mince, which will make the meatball tender.

This dish has a better version, like my mother usually does in home. Instead of boiling, she would fry some sliced ginger and leek first, then add the cold sweet sour mixture in it, stir till it is thickened. I may try my mum’s version in the future.   

Watch the cooking video here. To get the regular update for our Chinese home cooking and travel in China, please subscribe to my Youtube channel. 

Hope you like this and try it yourself. You may also check my other Chinese meat recipes, or egg and vegetable recipes.

(Post: 31/03/2013;Update: 18/03/17)

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