Four Happiness Meatballs

Ingredients:

Meatball Mixture:
1 ts Sugar
1 tb Soy sauce or to taste
3 tb Cooking oil
1 1/2 lb Bok choy
Casserole Base:
1 Egg
1 tb Dry sherry
4 ts Soy sauce
Tb water
1 tb Corn starch mixed with 3
3/4 ts Salt (or to taste)
8 Chopped water chestnuts
2 Chopped scallions
1 lb Ground pork
1 1/2 Inch cube ginger, minced
1 tb Dry sherry

Method:

Mix together ingredients for the meatballs.
Shape the mixture into 4 large meatballs.
Wash and remove all the sandy particles from bok choy.
Cut crosswise into 2 inch sections.
Heat 3 Tb oil in a wok.
Fry 2 meatballs at a time until both sides are brown (about 3 minutes.
) Remove, and fry the other 2 meatballs.
(Use more oil if frying in a saucepan.
) Remove all but 2 Tb oil from the wok, stir-frying vegetables for 1-2 minutes over medium heat.
Remove wok from the heat.
Line the stems of the vegetable in the bottom of a casserole.
Place the meatballs on top, then cover with the leaves of the vegetable.
Add soy sauce, sugar, and sherry; bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat with cover on for 30 minutes.
Serve hot.