Pengcheng Fish Ball

By DeionWolff

Pengcheng Fish Ball
I remember that in Fujian cuisine,"Peng Zu", the founding father of my country's cooking industry, was mentioned, and he told a story about his cultivation in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian in his later years. There, he spent the second half of his life studying my Chinese diet and cooking techniques and creating my country's health preservation theory.
"Pengzu" originated from Xuzhou in Huaibei, my country. He was called Pengcheng in ancient times. The Pengzu Temple there is still a lot of incense. Every year on the anniversary of Peng Zu's death, compatriots in the overseas cooking industry thousands of miles away return to China to make sacrifices. In the hearts of overseas Chinese,"Peng Zu" holds an extremely important position, and many foreigners also come to participate during the sacrifice! A few years ago, when I saw this scene, I couldn't help but feel a little ashamed for my great nation. No one paid attention to it before, but recently the government has rebuilt the temple, and the local government has also held some lively activities to commemorate "Peng Zu". This is also a gratifying side!
Today, we make a dish from the hometown of "Pengzu", which is also one of the representative dishes of Jiangsu cuisine,"Pengcheng Fish Ball". When making seafood fish balls or meatballs, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines are different from Shandong and Sichuan cuisine. They rarely use frying methods and mainly focus on the delicacy of the raw materials and their original flavor. For example, stewed crab meal lion head, fish ball soup, roasted fish ball, etc. are all made by steaming, boiling or stewing methods. In this way, it is light and can taste its delicacy and original flavor. This is the biggest feature of Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine! Stop talking nonsense and return to the main topic. The method for this fish ball is as follows;

Recipe Recommendations

  • water starch appropriate amount
  • diced green onion 15 grams
  • ginger 10 grams
  • salt 2 grams
  • white sugar 5 grams
  • MSG 2 grams
  • pepper a little
  • cooking oil 20 grams

Steps for Pengcheng Fish Ball

  • Make  step 0
    1
    Chop the fish and fat pork first.
  • Make  step 1
    2
    Mix the cut meat and place it in the cooking machine.
  • Make  step 2
    3
    Add a little shredded green onion and shredded ginger to it.
  • Make  step 3
    4
    Add a little salt, pepper and MSG, and add a little Shaoxing wine.
  • Make  step 4
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    Start the cooking machine and beat until it becomes fluffy.
  • Make  step 5
    6
    Whisk and pour into a bowl.
  • Make  step 6
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    Pour the shredded vermicelli into the minced fish and mix well.
  • Make  step 7
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    Add a little dry starch and mix well.
  • Make  step 8
    9
    Stir the minced fish with a bamboo board vigorously. When it is sticky and strong, slowly add a little water in portions and stir, add 20% water.
  • Make  step 9
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    Pour warm water into the pan on fire, squeeze the fish balls into the water, squeeze the fish balls, open fire to boil the water.
  • Make  step 10
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    Blend a bowl before the water is boiling, and add salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, pepper and Shaoxing wine into it.
  • Make  step 11
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    Pour in appropriate amount of water and starch and stir well.
  • Make  step 12
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    After the water for boiling the fish balls is boiled, float the fish balls and fish them out.
  • Make  step 13
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    Put the fish balls in warm water for later use.
  • Make  step 14
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    Blanch all ingredients.
  • Make  step 15
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    Heat a stir-fry spoon on fire, add a little oil, add chopped green onions and ginger, and saute until fragrant.
  • Make  step 16
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    Pour in the blanched ingredients and stir fry for a while.
  • Make  step 17
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    Stir the ingredients well, pour into a bowl to thicken.
  • Make  step 18
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    When the sauce is slightly gelatinized, pour in the fish balls and stir fry.
  • Make  step 19
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    Cook the fish balls for ten seconds, and the sauce is thoroughly gelatinized before serving the pan.
  • Make  step 20
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    Take out the pot and plate with a little embellishment and serve on the table. Operation complete.
  • Pengcheng Fish Ball Make Tips

    Characteristics of this fish ball: light and white color, smooth and tender fish balls, mellow and delicate taste, classic Pengcheng cuisine. Warm tips: 1. To make minced fish, if there is no cooking machine, you can also use the back of a knife to smash it into minced fish. When smashing, you can mix the fish and fat meat together to make it more uniform. 2. When cooking fish balls or blending sauce, it is best to use chicken soup, even without white water. 3. When making fish balls, it is best to use onion and ginger water to stir. Since I put onion and ginger in the minced fish, I only use white water to stir. This is considered lazy, hehe! According to the requirements, it is better to use onion and ginger water. 4. Both Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine are inseparable from Shaoxing wine. Shaoxing Jiafan wine or Huadiao wine can be used. If Shao wine is not used, the significance of making these two cuisines will be lost, because that is the hometown of Shao wine. Since ancient times, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces have used home-produced Shao wine to prepare dishes. This Su dish "Pengcheng Fish Ball" with a large fried spoon is ready. The taste is delicious and original, especially when using fresh mandarin fish meat! For friends 'reference!