The main ingredient is fish paste. The most common snack eaten by Fuzhou people. The stuffed meatballs with fish skin are carefully selected and made. The skin is thin and even, the color is white and bright, the food is smooth and crisp, and the soup is meaty and not greasy.
Use fresh large fish for the fish ball skin. Remove the head, tail, bones and spines and stir vigorously until the fish meat turns into sticky fish paste. Fish balls are characterized by being filled with fillings. Make fresh fish meat such as shark and eel, remove the bones, clean it, and chop it into fish ball paste; then add salt water to mix it in batches, then add dry starch, and mix it into a fish soup paste. At the same time, select pork belly and chop it into sauce, chop dried shrimps, add soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, green onion, etc. as filling. When wrapping, use a special fish ball spoon to take the stuffing and wrap it in the fish soup paste, shape it into a ball with your hands, put it in a basin of water, place it in a cold water pot and cook it over low heat. Pick up and dry in a bamboo sieve until ready to eat. The fish ball soup is very particular, seasoned with seasonings, including green onion, sesame oil, shrimp oil and other ingredients. The fish balls float on the soup stock, clear and white, dotted with stars, and are known as "Seven Star Fish Balls" in the world.
The origin of fish balls is said to be related to Qin Shihuang. This impetuous "Eternal Emperor" liked to eat fish but hated fish bones. Several chefs died because of it. Once, it was a famous chef's turn to cook for Qin Shihuang. After he washed the fish, he thought that his fortune was uncertain and his family and life were all tied to this fish. He couldn't help but get angry and smashed the fish with the back of his knife. , the fish was smashed and its bones were exposed. At this time, the eunuch came to pass the meal. In his haste, he picked out the fish bones and smashed the fish meat into meatballs in the soup. After Qin Shihuang ate the meatballs, he was very happy and gave it an unusual name: "Huangtong Wujiang Fengzhu Jiu". Later, fish balls spread from the palace to the people.