Fuzhou fish balls are made from minced eels, sharks or freshwater fish, mixed with sweet potato flour (starch), and then stuffed with lean pork or shrimp. It is one of the snacks with rich local characteristics in Fuzhou.

Fuzhou fish balls are stuffed meatballs with fish skin. The ingredients are carefully selected and the production is exquisite. The skin is thin and even, the color is white and bright, the food is smooth and crisp, and the soup is meaty and not greasy.

In ancient times, there was a fisherman on the banks of the Min River.

One day, a businessman took his boat south to do business. The boat left the mouth of the Minjiang River and entered the sea, where it was hit by a typhoon.

When the ship entered the harbor to take shelter from the wind, it unfortunately ran aground and was damaged.

Repairing the ship was delayed and the food supply was short, so they had to eat fish every day.

The businessman sighed: "There are fish every day, and I am tired of eating them. Can you change the taste to something else?" The boatwoman said: "The food on the boat has been exhausted, and there is only a bag of potato starch." The ingenious boatwoman took the freshly caught fish and

I got a big slow fish, peeled off the skin and bones, chopped the fish into fine pieces, spread it with potato starch, made it into balls, cooked it and tasted its unique flavor.

Afterwards, the businessman returned to Fuzhou and opened a "Seven Star Snack Shop" in the city. He specially hired the boat woman as a chef to exclusively sell "fish ball soup".

In the beginning, business was not booming.

One day, a scholar who was going to Beijing to take the exam passed by this restaurant to have a meal.

The shop owner gave warm hospitality and brought out fish balls.

After eating it, he found the taste very delicious, so he wrote a poem to him: The sky is dotted with stars, and the sweet fragrance of jade dew attracts tourists.

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The shopkeeper hung the poem in the shop, and guests came to watch it.

From then on, the business prospered and the shop prospered day by day.

"Seven-star fish balls" also got its name from then on. There is a saying in Fuzhou that "there is no feast without fish balls".

Especially the overseas Chinese who come back to Rong to visit relatives all like to taste the fish balls from their hometown, which is a real treat.

It is a custom in Fuzhou that when hosting a banquet, all guests must "put a wine bag" on them.

In the past, there were fish balls in the "wine buns", which were as big as a child's fist. They were "taken" home and cut into small pieces for everyone to eat.

Some people also like to eat small fish balls without fillings, and they are specially made by someone. They are very elastic. Fuzhou is close to the sea and rich in aquatic products. Therefore, in the past thousand years, fish balls have gradually become the leader of Fuzhou fish snacks and are widely praised.