Welcome to Chinese language tutor online. China is a big country restaurant with a long history of food culture. With a large territory and many nationalities, Chinese food shows its variety with different but fantastic and mouthwatering flavor. Today I would like to introduce a delicious Chinese dish to you. The name of today’s dish is braised pork balls in gravy, si4 xi3 wan2 zi5(四喜丸子in Chinese). Log on to e mandarin learning by skype to learn more about it.
Braised pork balls in gravy, si4 xi3 wan2 zi5(四喜丸子in Chinese) is a famous dish in Shangdong Cuisine, lu3 cai4 (鲁菜in Chinese), which is one of the Eight Major Cuisines of China, zhong1 guo2 ba2 da4 cai4 xi4 (中国八大菜系in Chinese). It is said that the braised pork balls in gravy originated in the Tang Dynasty (618 B.C.-907 B.C.). Nowadays, the dish gains popularity among foreigners as well. Some humorous foreigners give an interesting name to the braised pork balls in gravy, si4 xi3 wan2 zi5(四喜丸子in Chinese) , namely, “Four Happy Meatballs”.
As the name of the dish indicates, it is consisted of four golden, fragrant and lifelike meatballs. The four meatballs in this dish implied good fortune, emolument, longevity and happiness of human life. Braised pork balls in gravy are usually served as the finale dish in wedding banquets and birthday parties and connotes auspicious. You can sign up for online 1on1 mandarin lessons to learn the cooking material and cooking method of today’s dish.
The main ingredient to cook the braised pork balls in gravy is minced pork and eggs. Besides, the auxiliary material are vegetable oil, Chufa, sesame oil, refined salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, Monosodium glutamate, ginger, water starch and soup-stock or water. The cooking method of the dish is a little bit difficult, if you want to have a try, you can hire a Chinese language teacher online skype to teach you step by step.
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