Sticky Rice Pork Balls

Pork meat balls with ginger and soy sauce are coated with sticky rice in this recipe for Chinese steamed rice balls, always a favorite dish.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 358 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• salt to taste
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 4 ounces ground pork
• ¼ cup water, or as needed
• 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger root, minced
• ½ cup sticky rice
• 1 tablespoon pork stock, or as needed
• 1 teaspoon dried goji berries (wolfberries), or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Rinse sticky rice and place in a bowl; cover with water. Soak rice for at least 3 hours. Drain.

Step 2

Beat egg in a large bowl; mix in ginger root, soy sauce, and salt. Add pork, cornstarch, and pork stock; stir in 1 direction until combined, 5 to 6 minutes. Roll pork mixture into bite-size balls.

Step 3

Pour enough water into the bottom of a wok to cover by about 1 inch; bring to a simmer.

Step 4

Roll pork balls in sticky rice until they are coated completely. Place 6 balls in a steamer basket.

Step 5

Place steamer in the wok and steam until pork is cooked through and rice is tender, about 30 minutes. Remove balls and garnish with goji berries.