fish-balls

Rounded seafood morsels

Fish-balls are small round patties or dumplings made from minced or pounded fish, typically seasoned and bound with starch.

Common in Asian cuisines, especially Chinese and Southeast Asian, they're often skewered as street food or added to soups and noodle dishes: The vendor sold fish-balls on sticks with sweet chili sauce.

preparation

mincing

Affectedly delicate in manner

  • pasteThick sticky substance
  • surimiPulverized fish protein product
  • bindingLegally or morally required

shaping · bouncy · springy · texture · starch · egg white · pounding · rolling · frying · boiling

cuisine

street food

Casual vendor-sold eats

  • dim sumChinese small-plate tradition
  • curryAromatic South Asian dish
  • skewerPointed cooking rod

soup · noodles · broth · hawker · oden · steamboat · hot pot · snack · vendor · satay

ingredients

cod

Cold-water food fish

tapioca starch · salt · MSG · ice water · baking powder · filler · preservatives · protein · deboned · flavorings

regional

Hong Kong

Chinese special administrative region

Filipino · Indonesian · Thai · Malaysian · Singaporean · Taiwanese · Japanese · Asian · street cart · night market

Opposites
form/processing

fish-ballswhole fish

Unbutchered aquatic creature

fish fillets · raw fish · sashimi · fresh fish · fresh catch

protein source

fish-ballsmeatballs

Seasoned ground protein spheres

beef balls · lamb kofta · falafel

Family

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Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G