Sticky Rice Pork Balls
- 1/2 cup sticky rice
- 1 egg
- 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger root, minced
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- salt to taste
- 4 ounces ground pork
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon pork stock, or as needed
- 1/4 cup water, or as needed
- 1 teaspoon dried goji berries (wolfberries), or to taste
- Rinse sticky rice and place in a bowl; cover with water. Soak rice for at least 3 hours. Drain.
- 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.
- Pour enough water into the bottom of a wok to cover by about 1 inch; bring to a simmer.
- Roll pork balls in sticky rice until they are coated completely. Place 6 balls in a steamer basket.
- 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.
sticky rice, egg, ginger root, soy sauce, salt, ground pork, cornstarch, pork stock, water, dried goji berries
Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/257509/sticky-rice-pork-balls/ (may not work)