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肉圓 (or "bawan") is a Taiwanese street food that can be translated as “meat circle.” It’s a savory meat filled meatball encased in a sweet potato starch shell. Traditionally steamed, you can also find them fried and pan fried. It's also a sticky pain in the ass to make sometimes. I worked on this shortcut version, that's a little less of a sticky mess.
A note about Taiwanese chili sauce, the one ingredient that really makes this dish. It has the consistency of ketchup, but it's equally sweet and spicy. Imagine trying to slap together ketchup, sweet chili sauce (the orangish-kind that looks kind of clear) and chili pepper flakes. It's kind of like that.
For about 6 meat circles, around 6 servings:
Filling:
10 ounces pork belly
1/2 c. chopped shiitake mushrooms
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 5-oz can bamboo shoots
1 tbsp. shallot sauce
1 tsp. five spice powder
1/4 tsp. ground white pepper
Dough:
1/2 c. rice flour
1 1/2 c. sweet potato flour
1/3 c. cold water
1 2/3 c. boiling water
Vegetable or canola oil
Toppings:
Cilantro
Garlic paste
Soy sauce
Taiwanese chili sauce (link here, with a referral code included)
Cut pork into small dices. In a nonstick frying pan, saute the pork until the outside is browned.
Drain the canned bamboo shoots. Chop bamboo shoots into pieces smaller than the pork. Add the remaining ingredients for the filling. Stir in the pork. Refrigerate for at least 1-2 hours.
In a saucepan, add cold water to rice flour; stir until it turns milky.
Pour boiling water into the rice milk. Turn the stove on medium-high heat and stir constantly until it becomes pasty. Let it cool completely, the dough should start to look more glue-like. Add sweet potato flour. Stir until well incorporated and smooth.
Grease rice bowls or a similarly sized mini pie-pan with vegetable or canola oil. Spread a layer of the pasty dough, about, 1/2 centimeters thick, and add a small mound of the filling.
Cover the filling with the pasty dough. Steam for 20-30 minutes until it is translucent. Let it cool before removing it from the mold.
Top with desired amount of toppings before serving. My advice is to use a few sprigs of cilantro leaves, 1/2 teaspoon of garlic paste, about 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, and generous amount of chili sauce.