Step1:Add cooking wine, salt, starch, black pepper, chicken essence and a little soy sauce to the minced beef. Slowly add water to the meat filling and stir in one direction. Stir until the meat is elastic. Add water. Stir again. This is about 3-4 times. The meat filling is thick and elastic. Add less water each time. Add it several times. Peel the lotus root and cut it into pieces. Take the celery stem and cut into small grains. Cut the ginger into pieces and mix them into the ground beef.
Step2:Put water in the pot. Put two pieces of ginger. Boil.
Step3:Turn the water to medium and low heat. Dig some beef stuffing in your hand. Squeeze it out of the tiger's mouth to form a ball. (if you can't do this well, you can dig a beef ball with a spoon. Beat it in the palm of your hand. Scrape it with a spoon and then drop it into the palm of your hand until it's in the shape of a ball)
Step4:Scrape it with a spoon and put it into the water. The beef balls will be heated to form.
Step5:Put all the meatballs into the pot. After boiling, remove the floating powder. Continue boiling for five minutes.
Step6:Wash the tomatoes and cut them into pieces.
Step7:Put it in the pot. Keep cooking for two minutes.
Step8:Put salt and chicken essence to make it taste good. Sprinkle scallion and serve.
Cooking tips:1. After the seasoning is added to the minced beef, add some water to make it more tender. The meatballs made with effort are fresh and tender. 2. The addition of diced lotus root and celery in the beef filling can make the beef balls taste richer, crispy and fragrant. 3. If you want the shape of the tomato in the finished soup to be good, then don't cook the tomato too long. If you like the strong tomato flavor in the soup, you can prolong the time of boiling the tomato. There are skills in making delicious dishes.