Fish Balls Stuffed with Fish Roe
噛んだ瞬間に魚の卵が口の中で大爆発！火鍋で大人気のエンタメ系すり身団子
Description
A highly entertaining, popular Taiwanese hot pot ingredient where sweet/spicy seasoned popping 'flying fish roe' is stuffed inside fluffy white fish paste.
Classification: For Everyone,Frozen Foods,Popping Roe Bomb Balls
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How to use
Ingredients
- White fish paste
- Fish roe (Flying fish
- etc.)
- Sugar
- Salt
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Prep/Usage]
- [Toss in Hot Pot] Sold as frozen food (Huo Guo Liao) in Taiwanese supers. Toss unthawed directly into boiling Mala or seafood hot pot soup.
- Ready when boiled a few mins and the balls puff up large and float.
- [Oden (Guandong Zhu)] Highly popular as a convenience store Oden ingredient. The dashi-absorbing paste and the saltiness of the roe inside match exquisitely.
- In Re Chao (taverns), sometimes deep-fried briefly (Zha Yu Bao Dan) and dusted with pepper salt as a beer snack.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Ocean aroma and faint sweetness of fish roe
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Cheese-filled sasa-kamaboko (different texture but sub for 'overflowing from inside' type)
Pairing
Mala Hot Pot, Seafood Hot Pot, Oden (Guandong Zhu)
Trivia
[For Everyone] Taiwanese hot pot ingredients (Huo Guo Liao) are abnormally more entertaining than Japanese ones. This 'Yu Bao Dan' is a prime example; the gap between the outside's 'fluffy, bouncy' paste and the inside's 'popping' is a massive hit with all ages. An absolute hot pot starter you must buy if found in Shin-Okubo Chinese supers.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Carelessly biting a hot ball makes the roe inside squirt 'pew!' causing burns, so cool it slightly before enjoying the countless 'pop pop!' explosions with your back teeth!
Allergen
Seafood (Fish paste, Fish roe), Sesame