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Boulettes Chouchou

Steamed chayote dumplings with pork, rice vermicelli and tapioca starch.

Boulettes Chouchou — illustrative food image

About Boulettes Chouchou

Boulettes chouchou are Mauritian Hakka chayote dumplings. Eliette Stall connects her home rendition to the niouk yen made by her grandmother, who used minced pork with the grated squash.

Fried rice vermicelli and tapioca starch help bind the balls. Dried shiitake, fish sauce, soy sauce and sesame oil season the mixture, while dried shrimp adds another savoury layer when included.

The golf-ball-sized dumplings are steamed and finished with chopped green onion. They can be eaten on their own or accompanied by Eliette's garlic and red-chilli paste, which includes lemon and rum.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Fish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame.

Optional additions: Crustaceans, Molluscs.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Boulettes Chouchou

Eliette Stall's Mauritian Hakka pork-and-chayote boulettes.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Chayote: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual226/241-244 peeled/seeded/grated.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual227 used to draw water, no safety claim.
  • Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual229/249-254 generic vegetableoil first offered, author-used avocado not assumed mandatory; botanical product unknown.
  • Rice vermicelli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual230/249 fried before mixing, full product formula unknown.
  • Dried shiitake mushrooms: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual231/246-247 dried form, broader shiitake candidate.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
  • Dried shrimp (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual232 main original, explicit omission143 if undesired makes optional; optional same-source chili addition90/102/168 also retained in note. Crustaceans positive when included.
  • Ground pork: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual118 grandmother pork expressly offered and140 alternative selected over own chicken233; no mixture of both.
  • Fish sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual234/254 main required; also optional own chili157/162, exact product unknown with known Fish identity.
  • Soy sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual235/254 main and linked chili157/162 ordinary soy sauce; full product formula unresolved.
  • Tapioca starch: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual236/260, original offered rather than cornstarch145, not wheat flour146.
  • Sesame oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Sesame source-confirmed. Actual237/260.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual246 explicit dried-food soak and258 steamerwater; own chili154/159/161 dilution too.
  • Oil for steamer tray: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual263 generic separate spray/contact allocation, botanical product unknown; do not assume fry oil229 identity.
  • Green onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual265 chopped method-only garnish.
  • Small red chilli peppers (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own optional chili151 original small red; Thai form named102 but variety mapping remains broad.
  • Garlic (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own optional chili152/159.
  • Oil for chilli paste (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own optional chili153 generic vegetableoil, independent source allocation unknown.
  • Lemon juice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own optional chili155/162 original retained over vinegar alternatives98.
  • Rum (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own optional chili156 white offered over gold, exact product unknown.
  • Dried squid powder (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Molluscs source-confirmed. Own chili90-91/102/168 individually named optional addition; broader squid candidate retains dried powdered form.
  • Dried shiitake powder (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own chili93-94/102/168 optional separate powdered allocation.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
  • Ginger (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own chili95-96 optional addition.
  • Onion (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own chili83 individually named optional addition, form unprovided.
  • Whiskey (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own chili102 individually named optional addition, no rum replacement assumed.
  • Lemon zest (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own chili102/167 optional addition.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Mauritius
  • MauritiusCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Eliette Stall, Mauritian Street Food - Chinese Chayote Squash Dumplings, Boulette Chouchou
  2. Eliette Stall - Homestyle Chinese Red Chili Paste