To make Sixi meatballs, add five-spice powder and other seasonings, including 60 grams of cooking oil, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, and 1 teaspoon of pepper. Production process:

(1) Put the meat filling and diced meat, shrimps, bamboo shoots, and sea cucumbers together, add soy sauce, noodle sauce, cooking wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, green onion, and sesame oil, mix well, and cook Into big balls. Add egg liquid to flour and make a paste.

(2) Heat 50% oil in a pan, coat the meatballs with egg powder paste, deep-fry them until hard, and take them out.

(3) Put the meatballs in a container, add soy sauce, soup, salt, green onion slices, ginger slices, and aniseed ingredients, steam for about 20 minutes, pick out the green onion slices, ginger slices, and aniseed ingredients, and decant Bring the original soup to a boil, add water and starch to thicken it, and pour it over the meatballs.

Key points for production: Do not add starch when mixing the meat filling. When frying the meatballs, mix the egg powder paste evenly. The fire should not be too strong and the oil should not be hot to avoid frying the egg powder paste and affecting the color.

Origin of Sixi Meatballs:

It is said that "Sixi Meatballs" were first created in the Tang Dynasty. One year, the imperial court held examinations, and students from all over the country flocked to the capital, including Zhang Jiuling. As a result, the shabby-dressed Zhang Jiuling was at the top of the list. The emperor appreciated Zhang Jiuling's intelligence and recruited him as his consort. At that time, Zhang Jiuling's hometown was suffering from floods, and his parents had left their hometown and had no news of them.

On the day of the wedding, Zhang Jiuling happened to learn the whereabouts of his parents, so he sent someone to take them to the capital. Adding to the joy, Zhang Jiuling asked the chef to cook an auspicious dish to celebrate. When the dish arrived, it was four large meatballs that were deep-fried, steamed and topped with soup. Zhang Jiuling asked about the meaning of the dish, and the clever chef replied: "This dish is called 'Four Circles'."

In the first garden, the master is named first; in the second garden, he gets married; in the third garden, he becomes a son-in-law who rides a dragon. "Four gardens, family reunion." Zhang Jiuling laughed loudly and praised it repeatedly, saying: "'Siyuan' is not as loud and nice as 'Sixi', let's just call it 'Sixiwan'." From then on, every time. For important celebrations such as weddings, this dish is a must-have at the banquet.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia--Sixi Meatballs