Chinese Recipes - Braised Meat Ball Recipe

Ingredients

• 400 g (14 oz) ground pork

• 1/2 talk green onion (chopped)

• dash of ginger juice

• 5 tablespoon soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon cooking wine

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• dash of monosodium glutamate (MGS)

• 1 egg

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

• oil for frying

• 400 g (14 oz) Chinese cabbage

• 4 tablespoons oil

• 1 cup (200 cc) soup stock

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• 1 teaspoon cooking wine

4 servings

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Method:

1. Mix ground pork with green onion, ginger juice, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp wine, salt and MSG. Add egg. Mix and add cornstarch. Mix well.

2. Form into 4 large patties. Fry in 190° (480°F) oil till golden. Cut cabbage into 5X3 cm (2 X 1 1/4inch) pieces.

3. Heat 4 tablespoon oil. Sauté cabbage. Add in soup stock, 4 tbsp soy sauce, sugar, 1 tsp wine and MSG. Place meat over cabbage and simmer for 1 hour.