Easy Chinese Meatballs

Ingredients

• 2 cups minced pork
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 green onion (finely chopped)
• 1/2 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch (can be replaced by one large egg white)
• water or chicken stock for boiling
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• salt as needed
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped green onion or more as needed
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped coriander or more as needed (optional)
• 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 garlic clove (smashed)
• salt as needed
• 2 fresh Thai chili peppers (cut into small circles)
• 2 tablespoons stock for boiling the meatballs

Instructions

1. 1

   In a large mixing bowl, mix ground pork with around 1 tablespoon. Stir in one direction until the water is well absorbed by the ground pork.

2. 2

   Add chopped green onion, ginger, cornstarch and other seasonings. Keep stirring in one direction around 2 to 3 minutes until the mixture becomes very sticky. Reset for around 5 minutes. Then stir once again.

3. 3

   Take one portion out and shape to a ball. Pat several times between two hands.

4. 4

   Bring around half full water in a deep pot to a boiling, and then slide the meatballs in. Gently move them and use high fire to bring the water to a boiling again and straight after the boiling, slow the fire to medium fire so the balls will be not destroyed by over-strong fire.

5. 5

   Transfer out and

6. 6

   In a small bowl, add all the seasoning and then scoop meatball stock and pour to the dipping sauce bowl to tune the seasonings.

7. 7

   Decorate with coriander and then serve with dipping sauce.