Nowadays, more and more housewives, for the health of their families, begin to like to make some fish balls at home. After all, what they make are real ingredients, and their families will feel relieved after eating them! But many people may have encountered such a confusion when making fish balls, that is, why are the fish balls made by themselves not as elastic as the outside ones? In fact, this reason is easy to solve, so today I am going to teach you how to make elastic fish balls easily and effortlessly.

As we all know, if you want to make meatballs elastic, beating the meat must be a skill. The more times you beat or beat the meat with your hands, the more elastic the meatballs will naturally be. However, beating fish meat with your hands will make them more elastic. Meatballs are actually quite tiring. Naturally, what I want to teach you today will not be this method. The production method I brought today can be said to be very easy. It is very suitable for people with disabilities or lazy people to operate, and the success rate can be said to be 100%. That’s it.

First of all, if you want to make the fish balls elastic without breaking the fish, the formula must be very important. My trick is that every time the fish is beaten with a food processor, I will add some tapioca flour. , the fish balls added with tapioca flour are very elastic, because the tapioca flour itself is used to make taro balls, and the taro balls taste very elastic, so you will know why I add it to the fish balls. Tapioca flour? Therefore, if you are making fish balls at home and don’t want to work hard and want the fish balls to be chewy, then this ingredient is really indispensable.

However, many mothers who are making fish balls for the first time must not know how to choose the right fish to make fish balls, so today I will also explain here how to choose the right fish to make fish balls. .

The fish used to make fish balls must have few spines and thick flesh. Pangasius, Spanish mackerel, silver carp, and bighead carp are the first choices. Fish balls are eaten fresh, so it is best to use fresh fish. Live fish. And if you want the fish balls to be not only elastic and tender, you must add a little water when beating the fish meat, because the fish meat is very watery. When beating the fish paste, add some water in small amounts many times to absorb it. The fish meat is full of water, and the fish balls made from it are naturally tender but not sticky.

In addition, when making fish balls, do not add too much seasoning, because the fish itself is very delicious. When making fish balls, the seasoning must be small but precise, otherwise it will cover the freshness of the fish balls themselves. taste. Pepper and ginger powder are necessary, and cooking wine and chicken essence are appropriate. Master these points, and I believe you can successfully make elastic and delicious fish balls.

Ingredients: 200 grams of basa fish fillet, appropriate amount of salt, a little cooking wine, appropriate amount of pepper, 1 tsp corn starch, 1 tsp tapioca starch, 2 slices of ginger

1. The part I used is Basa fish fillet. The meat of this part is relatively tender. After processing the purchased fish, cut it into pieces

2. We add the cut fish meat and old ginger to the cooking machine, and then add an appropriate amount of ice water. If you don’t have a food processor, you can also use a cooking stick

3. Beat the fish into a puree. It is best to beat it a few times more, so that the meat puree will be obtained. More delicate

4. Pour the minced meat into a bowl, add tapioca starch, cornstarch, pepper, cooking wine and salt and mix evenly. Remember to use chopsticks to mix in one direction

5. After mixing, we put on disposable gloves, grab a handful of minced meat with our hands, and squeeze out a ball from the tiger's mouth

6. Then remove it with a spoon and quickly put it away Pour into hot water heated to 60 degrees and simmer over low heat! The rest are done in sequence. After all the fish balls are cooked, the ones that cannot be eaten at one time can be frozen in the refrigerator.

7. We can make the prepared fish balls into fish ball seaweed soup, or fish balls. Meatball soup and noodles are all fine, it depends on your preference. My children love eating the fishballs I make very much and can eat a big bowl every time. As you can imagine, it’s really delicious