{"id":9347,"date":"2021-01-01T18:18:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T23:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=9347"},"modified":"2021-01-01T18:18:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T23:18:37","slug":"chinese-fried-meatballs-bakwan-goreng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=9347","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Fried Meatballs ( Bakwan Goreng )"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another food that reminds me of my childhood , especially around holiday , my Grandma&#8217;s house would be full of people , everyone was in charged either to bring something or to cook something . One of my uncle , my grandma&#8217;s youngest son in law at the time , would be in charged to make Ca Yen , it is deep fried chinese meatballs . In the US , when you think of meatballs , it&#8217;s mostly meatballs and spaghetti . But these meatballs are made from pork and shrimp , with eggs , tapioca and cornstarch , soy sauce and fish sauce . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a messy business with anything deep fried , not to mention it&#8217;s not the healthiest , although if you own a air fryer , this might work . I&#8217;ve done it in air fryer ( before it broke ) it wasn&#8217;t as messy and yet it was still delicious without all the oil ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ingredients are pretty easy to find , the only thing you need to get from specialty store is Fish sauce , make sure to use a good brand of fish sauce . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201231_173601-01-scaled.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201231_173601-01-1024x945.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201231_173601-01-1024x945.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201231_173601-01-300x277.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201231_173601-01-768x709.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201231_173601-01-1536x1418.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201231_173601-01-2048x1890.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201231_173601-01-1140x1052.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients : <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1 lb of ground pork <\/li><li>1 lb of shrimp , peeled and deveined <\/li><li>3 tsp of fish sauce <\/li><li>3 tbsp tapioca flour <\/li><li>4 tbsp cornstarch <\/li><li>2 large eggs <\/li><li>pinch of sugar <\/li><li>1\/2 tsp black pepper <\/li><li>oil to deep fry <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directions : <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Heat up oil to 350 F , deep enough to submerge these meatballs <\/li><li>In a large food processor , throw in the shrimp , turn it on until the shrimp becomes very smooth . Add the ground pork and pulse until it&#8217;s mixed well . <\/li><li>Add beaten eggs , and the rest of the ingredients . Turn the food processor until everything is well mix and smooth . <\/li><li>Take about -2 tsp size of ball , and drop it carefully into the hot oil , deep fry these balls about 20 minutes on low heat ( to guarantee the crunchiness , sometimes i don&#8217;t have that much patience or time , i usually just fry them twice , 5 minutes first on low medium heat  then take it out to cool , fry again higher heat for another 5 minutes ) . If you do fry them for 25-30 minutes your meatballs will stay round and puffy and crunchy , otherwise , it will start deflating once you take it out , not as crunchy but still delicious . <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another food that reminds me of my childhood , especially around holiday , my Grandma&#8217;s house would be full of people , everyone was in charged either to bring something or to cook something . One of my uncle , my grandma&#8217;s youngest son in law at the time , would be in charged to make Ca Yen , it is deep fried chinese meatballs . In the US , when you think of meatballs , it&#8217;s mostly meatballs and spaghetti . But these meatballs are made from pork and shrimp , with eggs , tapioca and cornstarch , soy sauce and fish sauce . It is a messy business with anything deep fried , not to mention it&#8217;s not the healthiest , although if you own a air fryer , this might work . I&#8217;ve done it in air fryer ( before it broke ) it wasn&#8217;t as messy and yet it was still delicious without all the oil ! The ingredients are pretty easy to find , the only thing you need to get from specialty store is Fish sauce , make sure to use a good brand of fish sauce . Ingredients : 1 lb of ground pork 1 lb of shrimp , peeled and deveined 3 tsp of fish sauce 3 tbsp tapioca flour 4 tbsp cornstarch 2 large eggs pinch of sugar 1\/2 tsp black pepper oil to deep fry Directions : Heat up oil to 350 F , deep enough to submerge these meatballs In a large food processor , throw in the shrimp , turn it on until the shrimp becomes very smooth . Add the ground pork and pulse until it&#8217;s mixed well . Add beaten eggs , and the rest of the ingredients . Turn the food processor until everything is well mix and smooth . Take about -2 tsp size of ball , and drop it carefully into the hot oil , deep fry these balls about 20 minutes on low heat ( to guarantee the crunchiness , sometimes i don&#8217;t have that much patience or time , i usually just fry them twice , 5 minutes first on low medium heat then take it out to cool , fry again higher heat for another 5 minutes ) . If you do fry them for 25-30 minutes your meatballs will stay round and puffy and crunchy , otherwise , it will start deflating once you take it out , not as crunchy but still delicious .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":9337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9348,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9347\/revisions\/9348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}