【 Shandong 】 Four Happiness Meatballs
2025-03-06 15:00:23 1917
Sixi Maruko is one of the classic traditional Chinese dishes and belongs to the Shandong cuisine. It is composed of four Rice-meat dumplings with good color, aroma and taste, and contains four major happy events: happiness, wealth, longevity and joy. Commonly used as the final dish in weddings, birthday banquets, and other banquets to convey auspicious meanings. Sixi meatball is composed of four larger Rice-meat dumplings and other auxiliary materials in appearance. The practice of Sixi meatballs is basically the same as that of lion's head, except that Sixi meatballs are limited to four Rice-meat dumplings. In Shandong, Sixi meatballs are one of the must-have choices for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, not only because they symbolize good luck, but also because they are rich in oil and red sauce, which is in line with the taste buds of Shandong people and represents the meaning of reunion and reunion
Details of ingredients
Technique
Steps to make 【 Shandong 】 Four Happiness Meatballs
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1. Prepare the ingredients, wash the pork and remove the skin from the horse hooves![]()
2. Cut scallions and ginger into small pieces, chop horse hooves into small pieces![]()
3. Put the pork filling in a small bowl, add 10 grams of egg, starch, delicious soy sauce, pepper, cooking wine, sesame oil, five spice powder, salt, and 5 grams of oyster sauce, and mix clockwise![]()
4. Add chopped scallions, ginger, and horse hooves and stir clockwise![]()
5. Weigh 4 equal weight fillings, dip both hands in water, and beat them back and forth for more than 10 times in the middle of both hands to make a round shape![]()
6. Burn 80% of the oil, put in Rice-meat dumplings, and fry until the surface is golden yellow![]()
7. In a separate pot, pour in 10 grams of oil. Add scallions and ginger to stir fry until fragrant. Pour in 120 grams of light soy sauce, 10 grams of dark soy sauce, and 15 grams of oyster sauce. Cook until it bubbles![]()
8. Add water, less than two-thirds of the Rice-meat dumplings, turn the high heat to the low heat and boil for 25 minutes. At this time, less than half of the soup is left. Taste the taste, add appropriate salt and sugar, and remove the Rice-meat dumplings![]()
9. Add water starch to thicken the sauce![]()
10. Thick soup, turn off heat![]()
11. Pour the soup onto the meatballs, and the Sixi meatballs will be ready![]()
12. It's very delicious![]()
13. Finished product drawings
