Steamed Four Happiness Meatballs

Prepare the main ingredients: 220g of front leg minced meat, 200g of winter melon, and 100g of lotus root starch.

Chop the lotus root (using a meat mallet is easier).

Add salt, sugar, white pepper powder, ginger powder, cornstarch, red yeast rice powder, and chicken essence to the minced meat and mix well.

Add the crushed lotus root and mix it, then marinate for ten minutes.

Peel the winter melon, use a fruit knife to scrape it into thin slices, lay them around the edge of the plate, and arrange several layers, as shown in the picture!

Form the minced meat into four large meatballs and place them on a plate, then steam for 30 minutes once the water boils.

In the last two minutes, add goji berries for garnish, sprinkle 1 gram of chicken essence to enhance the flavor, and the steamed Four Happiness Meatballs are done.

Meatballs with lotus root are fresh and tender, with a subtle sweetness, savory but not greasy, light yet flavorful, and winter melon refreshes and balances the richness.

In the new year, may we be reunited and safe throughout the four seasons.