Shark Sister is a name; fish ball is a food product processed inside fish.

Fish balls, also known as "fish wrapped in meat", with eel, shark or freshwater fish minced, plus sweet potato flour (starch) mix well, and then wrapped in lean pork or shrimp and other fillings made of pill-shaped food, rich in coastal characteristics of one of the flavorful snacks.

Fishballs are often cooked in Fuzhou, Fujian, Wenzhou, Minnan, Guangdong, Taiwan, Jiangxi Fuzhou area of the traditional specialties, belonging to the Cantonese or Fujian cuisine. Also known as "water ball", ancient times called "blanch fish balls". Because of its delicious flavor, eat more not tired, can be used as a snack ingredient, but also for soup, is an indispensable coastal people seafood delicacies.

The origin of fish balls

According to the barnyard history, Qin Shi Huang delicious fish, he unified the country after the emperor, every meal necessary fish, but can not have a thorn, such as fish thorns will be given to the chef to die, there are several chefs have died for this; and burning fish soup, but also afraid of cursing the Qin Shi Huang "shattered bones" suspicion. One day, a chef to make imperial food, see the fish and timid and ruthless, with the back of the chopper to smash the fish to vent.

One or two, smashed smashed, he was surprised to find that the fish spines fish bones were automatically exposed, the fish meat into the fish velvet. At this time, the palace meal, the chef in a hurry, picking out the fish spikes, the hand will be pinched into the fish velvet pills, without thinking about it into the boiling leopard tire soup, blanch into the pills.

In a short while, a white color, soft and crystalline, taste the tender fish balls floating on the surface of the soup, and presented to the Qin Shi Huang in front. Emperor Qin Shi Huang tasted, extremely praised, ordered to give reward. Later, this practice from the court gradually spread to the people, called "blanch fish balls", also known as fish balls.