Huidong Meatballs

Last updated 2026-11-13 — Huidong meatballs are made from premium sweet potato starch, white shredded taro, and pork belly as the main ingredients. They are mixed with brown sugar until well blended, seasoned with five-spice powder, and sometimes enhanced with sesame seeds, tofu skin, and other ingredients to create a sticky dough. This mixture is then steamed in bamboo steamers lined with lotus leaves. The steamed dough is cut into square or diamond shapes and pan-fried before eating; there are also round versions that are intentionally shaped into balls while being placed in the steamer, and are ready to eat after steaming. They are sweet, delicious, richly flavored, yet not greasy.