Deep-Fried Meatballs with Spinach Filling

Name: Deep-Fried Meatballs with Spinach Filling (炸肉圓)
Yield: Serves 4 as a single appetizer; more with an assortment.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sugar; ¾ cup fresh or frozen chopped spinach; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; ⅛ teaspoon black pepper; ½ teaspoon sugar; 1 pound ground lean pork; 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce; 1 egg, well beaten; ½ teaspoon salt; 4 cups oil; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon flour; 1 tablespoon minced scallion white; 2 teaspoons dry sherry

炸肉圓

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a single appetizer .

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

These spinach-filled balls are excellent steamed or deep-fried. Make them large for a main dish or small for appetizers.

Ingredients

¾ cup fresh or frozen chopped spinach
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1

Asia
China
Starter

Method

Making the meatballs

If using fresh spinach, wash about ½ pound of it and blanch it about 30 seconds in a lot of boiling water. Drain, press dry, and chop. If using frozen spinach, thaw it and march-chop it a few times to refine its consistency. Put it in a mixing bowl, add the soy sauc