Lion’s Head Meatballs in Broth

Name: Lion’s Head Meatballs in Broth
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 servings chicken stock; 4 servings egg whites; 4 servings ginger; 4 servings grapeseed oil; 4 servings Napa cabbage; 4 servings pork shoulder; 4 servings Salt; 4 servings scallion; 4 servings sesame oil; 4 servings sherry; 4 servings soy sauce; 4 servings sugar; 4 servings white pepper

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Lion’s Head Meatballs in Broth a try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 364 calories, 19g of protein, and 22g of fat each. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of pork shoulder, egg whites, ginger, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Mix the first 8 ingredients together, just until combined, using your hands or a wooden spoon. Set aside.

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Wooden Spoon

Heat the oil in a large casserole over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

Add the cabbage and stir-fry until softened, about 5 minutes, seasoning with salt.

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Seasoning

Cabbage

Salt

Add the stock and bring to a steady simmer.

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Stock

With wet hands, form 4 meatballs with the pork mixture; handle gently. Slide the meatballs into the stock, cover, and simmer, undisturbed, until cooked through, about 2 hours.

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Meatballs

Stock

Pork

Place the cabbage in a soup tureen and put the meatballs on top. Spoon the stock over the dish, season with sesame oil, and serve immediately.

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Sesame Oil

Meatballs

Cabbage

Stock

Soup

VARIATIONS

Deluxe Lions Head.

Add cup chopped reconstituted wood ear mushrooms and cup chopped peeled, fresh water chestnuts (or peeled jicama) to the pork mixture.

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Water Chestnuts

Mushrooms

Jicama

Pork

Lions Head Pie. A kind of delicious meat loaf: Omit the cabbage and stock. Press the pork mixture into a large shallow dish. Steam over hot water until cooked through, about 1 hour.

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Cabbage

Stock

Water

Meat

Pork

Pearl Balls. You may have eaten these in a dim sum house: Omit the cabbage, stock, and sesame oil. Soak 1 cup glutinous or sticky rice in water for 1 hour, then drain. Form the meat mixture into 1-inch balls, then roll them in the sticky rice to cover.

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Sticky Rice