Make - Ahead Fish Balls

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 141.7
  • Total Fat: 2.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 43.5 mg
  • Sodium: 504.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 2.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
  • Protein: 27.1 g

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Introduction

I love fish balls, but it's a pain for me to drive 40 minutes to my nearest Asian market for packets of them, especially when they're so expensive! While this recipe isn't totally authentic - real fish balls are hand-mashed - this works for me and is way less cleanup!

Yields 4 balls per serving. I love fish balls, but it's a pain for me to drive 40 minutes to my nearest Asian market for packets of them, especially when they're so expensive! While this recipe isn't totally authentic - real fish balls are hand-mashed - this works for me and is way less cleanup!

Yields 4 balls per serving.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    200g boneless monkfish, diced
    200g boneless cod, diced
    2 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
    1 tbsp water
    2 tbsp vital gluten powder (gluten flour)
    2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
    fresh-ground black pepper
    1/2 tsp ground ginger
    1 tsp garlic powder

Directions

Combine fish, soy and water in a food processor and pulverize until almost smooth.
Sprinkle in gluten, sesame seeds, pepper, ginger and garlic.
Pulverize until completely smooth.
With wet hands (or a melon baller), shape mixture into 16 small, even balls.
Place on a wax-paper lined baking sheet and freeze (a minimum of 1 hour, or freeze completely and move to a Ziploc for later cooking).
To cook: place uncooked, still frozen balls in a bamboo steamer lined with parchment. Steam 10-15 minutes, until cooked through. Alternately, add balls to boiling broth and cook 10 minutes, until they float.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.