These tasty luscious meatballs are tender with only carrot and spring onion added in the pork meat and marinated with simple seasoning. You can also add some shitake mushrooms or fresh water chestnuts if you wish. It’s very easy to prepare the ingredients in a short time except that you need to presoak the glutinous rice in order to steam it till soft and translucent. You can steam these Chinese Pearl Meatballs and serve them immediately as a dim sum snack or store them in the freezer and steam them again (10-15 minutes) as and when you like or when there are guests at home.
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Chinese Pearl Meatballs
Ingredients
- 150 g glutinous rice
- 300 g minced pork - with fat
- 1-2 stalks spring onion - cut finely
- 35 g carrot - cut finely or grated
- 1 tbsp ginger - grated
Seasoning
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp light soya sauce
- 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tbsp Chinese rice wine
- 3/4 tbsp corn flour (starch)
- dash of pepper
Instructions
- Soak glutinous rice in water for 2 hours. Rinse and drain, place onto a platter.
- Mix minced pork with seasoning then add spring onion, carrot and grated ginger, mix well. Cover with cling wrap and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes or longer. **You can also add some shitake mushrooms or fresh water chestnuts if you wish**
- Scoop out some minced pork with a spoon and roll it into ball (about 25g each) and coat in the glutinous rice. Gently press more glutinous rice on the meat ball by hand for even coating.
- Line a piece of parchment paper (or lettuce) in the steamer. Arrange the meat balls on top.
- Steam at high heat under boiling water for 25 minutes. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
材料:
- 150克 糯米
- 300克 五花肉碎（绞肉）
- 1-2 根 青葱，切细
- 35克 红萝卜，切细或磨细
- 1 汤匙 姜末
调味料:
- 1/2茶匙 盐
- 1茶匙 白糖
- 1茶匙 酱请
- 1/2汤匙 耗油
- 1/2汤匙 麻油
- 1/2汤匙 米酒
- 3/4汤匙 玉米淀粉
- 胡椒粉，适量
- 将糯米泡水2个小时。冲洗净沥干水分，放在盘中备用。
- 肉碎及调味料放入碗中，搅拌均匀，才加入青葱，红萝卜和姜末，再拌匀即可。盖上保鲜膜放进冰箱腌制最少30分钟。**喜欢的话可以放入香菇或马蹄增加口感**
- 用汤匙舀出适量肉馅，搓成肉丸子 （约25克一粒），在糯米上滚动，沾上糯米粒。然后用手稍微按一按肉球，让糯米粒完全沾上就可以了。
- 在蒸笼里铺上一张油纸（或生菜），排上肉丸子。
- 置入蒸笼中隔沸水用大火蒸约25分钟即可享用。
- 吃不完的可以密封放入冰箱冷冻室，要吃之前直接大火蒸10-15分钟就可以了。