Meatball Soup
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Instructions
Ingredients
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Prepare appropriate amount of ginger and scallion, cut into shreds
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Add a small handful of peppercorns and warm water to the ginger and scallion
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Knead the mixture to extract flavor into water to make ginger scallion water
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Let the ginger scallion water soak for 10 minutes
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Prepare pork front leg meat, separate fat and lean then cut into small pieces
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Put the pork pieces into a meat grinder to make minced meat (or chop by hand)
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Add half of the ginger scallion water, salt, XianXian seasoning, pepper powder and an egg to the minced meat
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Knead and stir the minced meat in one direction until it absorbs the water
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Add remaining ginger scallion water, continue stirring in one direction until the meat is taut and sticky
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Add potato starch, stir and beat the minced meat vigorously until thick
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Add enough water to a pot, bring to a simmer after small bubbles form at the bottom
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Squeeze meatballs using the gap between thumb and index finger into the pot gently
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After all meatballs are added, bring to a boil, gently push to prevent sticking
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Skim the foam from the soup surface
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Season with salt, XianXian seasoning and pepper powder
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Cook until meatballs float, add wolfberries, chopped scallion, cilantro, drizzle sesame oil then turn off heat
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