Description
A snack originally from Hong Kong, booming in Taiwan night markets. Highly elastic fishballs (Yu Dan) boiled in a bright red super-spicy broth flavored with Sichuan pepper and curry powder, skewered for walking.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Yu Dan(Fish paste balls)
- Doubanjiang
- Sichuan peppercorns
- Curry powder
- Chicken broth
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Yu Dan] Thoroughly knead white fish paste (like shark) with potato starch to prepare round fishballs with 'bouncy rubber-ball' elasticity (store-bought frozen are mainstream).
- [Mala Soup] Heat oil in a large pot, sauté garlic, shallots, doubanjiang, Sichuan peppercorns, and chili powder to release aroma and heat.
- Add a little curry powder (or Shacha sauce) for ethnic flavor, pour chicken broth, soy sauce, and sugar to boil a bright red super-spicy soup.
- Toss Yu Dan into the pot, simmer slowly on low to let the spicy umami soak into the fishball surface (caution: overboiling ruins elasticity).
- At the stall front, skewer 3-
- hot fishballs on a bamboo stick per order, brush with extra sauce (super-spicy or curry), and serve.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sichuan pepper numbing and Curry powder aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese squid or shrimp balls (inferior elasticity)
Pairing
Cold Fruit juice(to extinguish heat)
Trivia
[For Youth] Originally HK street food, but boomed and fully settled in Taiwan night markets recently. Features a 'repelling elasticity' on a different dimension from Japanese fish cakes. An easy walking gourmet bought for ~30 NTD.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Bite the skewered fishball with your front teeth 'snap!', enjoying the contrast between the fish sweetness spreading from inside and the super-spicy soup on the surface!
Allergen
Seafood (Fish paste), Soy, Wheat