Pearl Balls
Pearl ball is a delicate dessert that can be found all over China.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time35 mins
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: Pearl Balls
Servings: 7
Calories: 168kcal
- 250g pork minced
- 1/2 bowl glutinous rice
- 1 green onion
- 3 slices ginger
- 7 shrimps
- 1 egg white
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cooking wine
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- Sesame oil
- White pepper
Soak the glutinous rice in a bowl with water for 30 minutes. Drain it and soak green onion and ginger in another bowl.
Remove the head and shell of the shrimp and leave the tail. Chop the rest of the shrimp into the mud. Add 250g pork, shrimp mud, egg white, 1 pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon of sesame oil in a bowl and mix well. Then pour 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of cooking wine and 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce. Add ginger mixture water in 3 portions while stirring until mix well.
Take 1 scoop of meat mixture, roll into a circle and cover with a layer of glutinous rice. Put them in the steamer with boiling water. Insert a small hole in the pearl ball with chopsticks and insert the tail of the shrimp.
Steam it under high heat for 15 minutes and turn off the heat. Wait for another 3 minutes. Serve it.