The Homemade Fish Balls My Dad's Made 100,000 Times

Ingredients

• 8 oz tilapia fish fillets
• 2 oz shrimp
• 4 piece cilantro
• 4 piece green onion
• ginger
• dried mandarin orange peel
• 0.5 tsp white pepper
• 1 tsp chicken bouillon
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 3 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 egg
• 5 tbsp water
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp olive oil

Instructions

1. 1

   Cut, mince, flatten fish: We'll start by finely mincing our tilapia. Beat it down with the blunt edge of our knife to flatten it. Repeat this 1-2 more times to tenderize the fish. We want this to be as tender and paste-like as possible.

2. 2

   Cut, mince, flatten shrimp: Just like our fish, we'll finely mince our shrimp.

3. 3

   Mix fish & shrimp: With the blunt side of our knife, spatula, paddle, etc, we'll mix the tilapia and shrimp together, and flatten it. Make sure to do this thoroughly.

4. 4

   Chop greens, ginger, orange peel: We'll finely chop some cilantro, green onion.

5. 5

   Create flavors: Mix salt, sugar, white pepper, chicken bouillon, egg, cornstarch, and water in a bowl.

6. 6

   Mix everything together, add oils: Add the fish paste and greens to the bowl, and mix thoroughly for 2-3 minutes.

7. 7

   Slam the fish paste: This is a traditional technique - we'll take clumps of fish paste and slam it down on the bowl.

8. 8

   Refrigerate & cook: Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes