I cooked these pearl meat balls long time ago and the photo was in my iomega hard drive all along but I haven't forget about its recipe and how heavenly it tastes like. Very easy to prepare and very easy to cook, it can quickly disappear from the plate too. sarap kasi!
I was thinking to have it for dinner tonight although the meat is still to be thawed and the glutinous rice are still to be soaked so as much as I want to eat this tonight, I'll have to leave it until tomorrow.
Recipe:
1 pound ground pork
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon sherry
1 teaspoon light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg white
10 water chestnuts drained well and very finely chopped
2 tablespoons very finely chopped scallions
2 teaspoons fresh ginger,grated
1 teaspoon fresh garlic,grated
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 cup glutinous rice washed and soaked for 3-6 hours
Dipping Sauce:
1/4 cup good quality soy sauce
3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
2 teaspoons light brown sugar sugar
¼ to ½ teaspoon sesame oil
1 green onion finely minced
Combine all ingridients except for the glutinous rice (soaked overnight) using your hands and refrigerate for an hour Form pork mixture into 1 inch ball and roll in the glutinous rice pressing gently to coat Arrange them in the steamer and steam for about 20-30 minutes. Serve hot with your dipping sauce.