Every time when Mom made them, the sizzling frying sound and the hunger-making aroma would attract my brothers and me to the kitchen. We would hang around her by the stove like hawks eager for a taste test. When the meatballs were cooked and scooped up from the fryer, we would take them from the plate within seconds. Even Dad would pretend that he was looking for something to drink and pick up a couple before retreating to the TV room. Mom never could make enough to fill the plate and had to shoo us away or the meatballs would never make it to the dinner table.
Mom's deep fried meatballs is one of our favorite comfort foods and it's a "family signature" dish. It's a family recipe that was passed down from Grandma to her kids. Mom mastered it. I think some of my cousins also could make them like Grandma. Mom has now taught me and I hope my cousins have taught their kids too. Wouldn't it be great that every generation knows how to make this signature dish with the same flavor and taste?So what's so special about this meatball anyway? Can't really tell you but I know you will love it. Here's the recipe. Perhaps you can tell me what so magical about it.
Ingredients:
Ground pork
Lots of finely chopped green onion
Lots of finely chopped garlic
soy sauce
sugar
salt
one egg
some corn starch
That's it.
Oh, in my last attempt, I added tofu since I still have a little bit of it.
Next:
- Combine everything.
- Throw the ground pork against the mixing bowl (sorry, I don't know the technical term) until it hardens a bit. Mom said you need to do this step to push out the air bubbles otherwise you will have holes in the meatballs.
- Roll into little balls and fry them.
- The meatballs goes well with steaming fluffy white rice. Yum-yum-yum.
Thank you, grandma for the recipe!!