Fishballs are a common delicacy in the coastal regions of China, as they are made from eel, yellowtail, shark or other freshwater fish, so they are called fishballs, and they can also be called boiled fishballs. The main distribution in China's Fujian Province, Guangdong Province, Hainan Province, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and Taiwan. It is a household name for seafood. It is usually used as a soup, but can also be used as a snack. It is also very popular in the interior of China, especially in Sichuan and Chongqing, and has become a part of the hot pot cuisine. So here we talk about what fish balls are made of.

One, what is made of fish balls

1. Generally speaking, fish balls are made of fish from coastal areas as raw materials, mostly eel, yellowtail, shark as raw materials. Remove the bones of the fish, remove the head, remove the tail and then stir into the fish puree before you can.

2. With the fish is not enough, usually also add some made into a puree of pork as the main ingredients.

3. There are many requests for more accessories for fish balls, but mostly dried shrimp is used as an accessory to add fresh flavor to the fish balls.

4. The production of fishballs also need to use a special fishball spoon, so that the fishballs made more full, more rounded.

Second, the types of fishballs

Fishballs is a general term, in fact, can be subdivided into many different types, mainly based on the production process, the production of raw materials to divide. Different regions also have different fishballs.

1. Fuzhou fish balls

Fuzhou fish balls can be said to be one of the representatives of the fish balls, the production method is basically refer to the above content. It is a kind of stuffed fish ball, with fish as the skin of the ball and meat as the heart. Fuzhou fishballs are very careful about the selection of materials and the production method is also very delicate. Formed fish balls thin skin color white, crystal light, generally used to make soup.