Lion's Head Meatballs

Name: Lion's Head Meatballs
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 600g pork mince; 50g water chestnuts, finely chopped; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine; 1 tsp ginger, minced; 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 napa cabbage, roughly chopped; 3 tbsp soy sauce for braising; 200ml chicken stock; 2 tbsp vegetable oil

Large braised Shanghai pork meatballs cooked with napa cabbage — a celebratory dish.

Total time

95 min

Prep

25 min

Cook

70 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Chinese

Ingredients

600gpork mince

50gwater chestnuts, finely chopped

2 tbspsoy sauce

1 tbspShaoxing rice wine

1 tspginger, minced

1 tbspcornflour

1napa cabbage, roughly chopped

3 tbspsoy sauce for braising

200mlchicken stock

2 tbspvegetable oil

Instructions

Mix pork with water chestnuts, soy, wine, ginger and cornflour. Shape into large 8cm balls.

Brown meatballs carefully in oil all over. Remove.

Layer napa cabbage in a heavy pot. Place meatballs on top.

Add stock and soy sauce. Cover and braise on low heat 1 hour.

Serve meatballs over cabbage with braising liquid.