So I bought half a salmon a while ago along with a bunch of other seafood while I had a really bad seafood craving (the one you know, sometimes you have it and you feel like you can eat the whole seafood market). Naturally, I had a bunch of leftovers and I had to freeze some of the fish. I didn’t know what to do with my frozen salmon until I saw a video of people making fish balls. It is suggested to make fish balls with fresh fish, but I don’t have any so frozen one it is. The result is equally good 🙂
To make this super bouncy fish ball you need the ingredients in the picture below.
Now, on to the recipe!
Authentic Chinese Fishball Recipe
Course: SeafoodCuisine: ChineseDifficulty: Easy4
servings30
minutes10
minutesThis authentic Chinese recipe shows you how to make fishballs out of salmon and simple ingredients to add to a variety of dishes.
Ingredients
Ginger 12g
Spring onion x 3
Salmon 320g
Carrot x 1
Shaoxing Cooking Wine ½ tsp
Ground white pepper tsp
Starch 2 tbsp
Sugar 2 tsp
Salt ½ tsp
Directions
- Cut 12g ginger and 3 spring onions in half.
- Put ½ cup water in a small cooking pot, add ginger and spring onions in, bring it to a boil and let it simmer for another 5 mins. Set it aside and let it cool to room temperature.
- While you are waiting for the ginger snd spring onion water to be cool, cut your carrot and salmon into medium-sized chunks.
- Put them in your food processor and finely blend.
- Add 2 tbsp starch, 2 tsp sugar, ¼ tsp ground white pepper, ½ tsp Shaoxing cooking wine, ½ tsp salt and 2 tbsp onion ginger water (room temperature) into the fish mix. Keep blending.
- Blend until you can feel the resistance from the mix, and the mix should look like this.
- Heat up ⅔ pot of water, add ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp olive oil.
- Prepare a big container with cold water in it. Put the fish mix in your palm, gently squeeze and you should see a fishball popping out like this. Pretty cute!
- It may not be very round but that’s ok. Gently use a finger or a spoon to scoop it up and place it in the cold water. Repeat until all the fish mix is done.
- The water in your cooking pot should be boiling now. Gently transfer your fishballs from cold water to boiling water. Once they are floating on the surface, let them boil for an extra 30 seconds.
- Take them out and place them in clean cold water (you could add some ice in it if it is summer).
- Let them cool and you should have super bouncy fishballs! Hope you like them!
How to Use Authentic Chinese Fishballs
Fishballs are very versatile in Chinese cuisine. You could use them to make a traditional mooli and rice noodle soup. They are also delicious as a sweet and sour dish. Alternatively, you can them for your next Chinese Hotpot session. The sky’s the limit!
Try It Yourself
And there you have it! This is how you can make authentic Chinese fishballs that can be eaten in a number of ways. Give the recipe a go and let us know how it went in the comments below. We’re also around to answer all of your burning questions about Chinese food. Be sure to also follow us on Instagram for more delicious Chinese dish photos.
