Pan Fried Meat Balls

Ingredients

250g Mince pork

1 Egg

1 Small onion, diced

50g Fish paste

1/4 Tsp five-spice powder

1/2 Tbps fish sauce

Pinch of white pepper

Pinch of salt

Oil, for frying

Method

1. Mix all the ingredients (except the oil) in a bowl and blend well. The mixture should be sticky.

2. Heat up a wok with some oil enough to cover half of the meatballs (shallow fry the meatballs). 

3. Scoop up some of the meatball mixture with your hands and shape it into a small. Drop the meatball into the wok to fry. Repeat the same until you use up the mixture.

4. Use the spatula to turn the meatballs to fry the other side until they are cooked. 

5. Enjoy! 

Steam Meat in Squid

Ingredients

1 Medium size squid

100g Minced pork

1 Egg

¾ Tsp Sugar

¼ Tsp Salt

¼ Tsp White pepper

½ Tsp Minced ginger

Some Corn

2 Tsp Sesame oil

1 Tbsp Hua tiao jiu (chinese cooking wine)

Method

1. Clean and remove internal parts of squid. Remove skin of squid and cut in 1″ thickness. Cut up the tentacles and put aside.

2. Marinate minced pork with egg, sugar, salt, white pepper and minced ginger. Add in the chopped tentacles. The texture should be a bit runny.

3. Spoon meat mixture into prepared squid, garnish with corn and place onto steaming pan

4. Cover with cling wrap and keep in fridge for ½ hr.

5. Have steamer ready at medium high heat and steam for 8 minutes.

6. Enjoy!