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Pearl Balls
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5 from 2 votes

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

Ingredients

  • 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

Instructions

  • 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.