World Flavors Cookbook

Ba-wan (Taiwanese Meatballs)

Name: Ba-wan (Taiwanese Meatballs)
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: Taiwan
Ingredients: sweet potato starch, rice flour, ground pork, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, sweet and spicy white sauce

A large, translucent disk of chewy starch dough filled with spiced pork and bamboo shoots.

Cuisine: Taiwan

Ingredients

sweet potato starch, rice flour, ground pork, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, sweet and spicy white sauce

Instructions

Make a thick starch dough. Wrap a mixture of pork and bamboo shoots inside. Steam then lightly fry. Serve drenched in a signature sweet white sauce.