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Chapter 498: Chapter 499: Fish Balls
After struggling to calm all these little girls down, everyone gathered in a circle, which ensured everyone could see the movements in Su Tang’s hands.
She sliced a piece of fish, placed it on the chopping board along with some chopped green onion, and left them aside.
Next, she combined several spices into a seasoning water, which was also kept aside.
She brought out a clean ceramic bowl and dumped the chopped fish in, cracked two gugu eggs inside, added a bit of flour, some seasoning water, and a suitable amount of salt, then stirred evenly.
The flour was nothing more than Soft Fruits dried and ground into powder. For easier storage, the harvested Soft Fruit was mostly ground to powder at that time.
Once everything was prepared, it was time to heat the oil in the wok!
All the oil was rendered from the Sabertooth Beast’s fat, it was clear and faintly emitted a meaty aroma.
When the oil was 80% heated, Su Tang took a lump of fish mince from the ceramic bowl, "Come on, let’s do it together!"
The little girls also mimicked Su Tang, taking up a lump of fish mince into their hands.
"Squeeze the fish mince between these two fingers. Don’t use too much force, just apply a bit pressure."
The blob of mince squeezed out between Su Tang’s thumb and forefinger, emerging as a small, smooth, and round ball.
Swiftly, Su Tang picked up the fish ball by its base and gently dropped it into the oil. Accompanying the sizzling sound, the shape of the fish ball solidified.
"That’s all. It’s easy, isn’t it?"
Looking up at the others with a smile, Su Tang found them either using too much force, producing a long string of minced meat or misapplying the method, allowing the mince to leak out through the gaps of their fingers.
Su Tang: "..."
The other little girls looked at Su Tang innocently, they really did try their best!
Fine, if this method doesn’t work, let’s change it!
This time Su Tang just took a bit of mince and placed it in her palm. Then she rubbed lightly with her two palms together, and a round fish ball appeared in her palm.
"No problem this time, right!"
The little girls were excitedly holding the fish balls in their hands, "Tangtang, look! I made it too!"
"Me too, me too!"
"Tangtang, you’re so capable!"
Su Tang raised her hand to signal everyone to quiet down, "Okay, you are all doing great. Let’s continue! This ball is called a fish ball. We put it in the oil, fry until golden brown, then take them out and put them in an empty bowl to drain the oil."
Fish balls were continuously added to the wok, the sizzling sound was non-stop, and an unusual fragrance filled the air!
"It smells so delicious. I want to eat it!"
"Tangtang, can we eat these fish balls as soon as we take them out?"
"It’s changed color! It’s turned yellow and looks wonderful!"
Su Tang picked up a fish ball from the pot with her chopsticks, shook her sore wrist. She noticed some girls couldn’t resist their craving and were about to stuff a fish ball in their mouth, so she quickly alerted,
"Careful, it’s hot! Don’t eat it yet!"
A girl’s mouth was wide open, she was about to bite into it. Thankfully, Su Tang shouted in time.
"The temperature in the wok is very high. You can’t eat the food as soon as it’s taken out. Let it cool down a bit. You can eat it when you touch it and it doesn’t feel hot."
Hearing this, one of the girls, looking disappointed, put her fish ball back.
Su Tang smiled helplessly, "Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of fish. We have enough!"
