How to choose fish balls? What fish to use to make fish balls

Taiwan fish balls have formed their own characteristics, with delicious, nutritious and healthy food features. Good taste, white and bright color, tender, smooth and crisp, elastic, delicious taste, with a special seafood flavor, are you drooling at the sight of it? Haha!

Contents of this article

1. How to choose fish balls

2. What kind of fish is used to make fish balls?

3. Several representative fish balls

How to choose fish balls

1. Products produced by large manufacturers or famous brands should be given priority.

2. Choose to buy from a nearby store with a low-temperature freezer.

3. Choose products with intact packaging, clear labels and a long shelf life.

4. Pay attention to whether the product in the package is of natural color; if there are spots or discoloration, it means it has deteriorated.

5. Pay attention to whether there is thawing phenomenon. Good quick-frozen food should be hard.

6. Take out quick-frozen food at the end of each purchase to avoid leaving it out of the freezer for too long. Generally, it can be stored outdoors for about 1 hour, and can be stored for about 4 hours in an insulation bag. (The specific time depends on the weather and temperature.)

What fish to use to make fish balls

Generally speaking, when making fish balls, the best choice is of course to choose fish with more meat, cheaper price and fewer bones. The following are some of the fish that are often used.

1. Multi-toothed snake mullet, this fish is called "Nago fish" in Chaoshan area. This fish is long columnar, with an oval cross section and a slender tail. It strengthens the spleen and replenishes qi, consolidates essence and reduces urine.

2. Grass carp. This fish is long and slightly cylindrical, with a flat head and a flat tail. The meat is sweet, warm, non-toxic, and has the effect of warming the stomach and the middle. It is edible for most people.

3. Conger eel. This kind of eel has few bones and much meat, is white and tender, absorbs a lot of water, and tastes delicious. It is an ideal raw material for cooking fish balls.

4. Spanish mackerel. This fish is plump and is a high-quality marine fish with high economic value. It contains a variety of vitamins. Spanish mackerel also has therapeutic functions such as refreshing and anti-aging. Regular consumption has a certain auxiliary effect on the treatment of anemia, premature aging, malnutrition, postpartum weakness and neurasthenia.

The above four types of fish are all suitable for making fish balls. There are also fresh yellow croaker, eel, small shark, sea bass, mandarin fish (osmanthus fish), grouper, green fish, catfish, dace, etc.

Several representative fish balls

There are many kinds of fish balls in Taiwan, among which the ones with a crispier texture are also called "crispy balls". Taiwan milkfish balls, freshwater shark balls, Nanfang'ao swordfish balls, and Kaohsiung swordfish balls are the four representative fish balls in Taiwan; fish balls have a very long history in Taiwan. After a long period of improvement and development, Taiwan fish balls have formed their own characteristics, with delicious, nutritious, and health-care food characteristics. Good taste, white and bright color, tender, smooth, crisp, elastic, delicious, and with a special seafood flavor. There are heart-wrapped fish balls and solid fish balls, among which the heart-wrapped fish balls are the most distinctive. The more representative heart-wrapped fish balls include sea urchin fairy peach, seafood soup bun, deep-sea abalone ball, Mayflower ball, crab roe fairy peach, crab roe fish wrapped egg, cod spinach ball, cod cheese bun, scallop sea cucumber bun, etc. The more famous solid balls include crab roe lobster ball, cod shrimp ball, crab roe cuttlefish ball, etc. The better-selling fish balls on the market are those from Jiujiajiu and Yubo.

Fuzhou fish balls are made of minced eel, shark or freshwater fish, mixed with sweet potato flour (starch), and then stuffed with lean pork or shrimp. They are one of the local snacks with Fuzhou characteristics. Fuzhou fish balls are stuffed meatballs with fish meat as the skin. The ingredients are carefully selected and the production is exquisite. The skin is thin and even, the color is white and crystal clear, and the taste is smooth and crisp. The soup is meaty and not greasy.