Deep-Fried Meatballs with Kumquats

Name: Deep-Fried Meatballs with Kumquats (金橘肉圓)
Yield: This would serve 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 recipe sweet and sour sauce; 1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 teaspoons water; 1 medium-sized green pepper, in ½-inch squares; 16 preserved kumquats; 4 cups oil; 1 recipe meatballs, without the spinach filling; ¼ teaspoon salt

金橘肉圓

Preparation info

This would serve
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

Deep-fried meatballs are tossed in a reddish sweet and sour sauce with green peppers and golden kumquats. This would serve 4 and goes especially well with Stir-fried Celery Cabbage or Cauliflower

Ingredients

1 recipe meatballs, without the spinach filling
4 cups oil
1

Asia
China
Main course
Dinner
Gluten-free

Method

Divide the meatball mixture into 16 portions and form into balls. This may be done hours in advance. Then deep-fry them as indicated in the recipe and drain on paper towels. Do not do the deep-frying in advance.

Heat a wok or large, heavy skillet over high heat until hot; add 1½ tablespoons