Pearl Balls

Name: Pearl Balls (Chen chu wan tzu)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 cups glutinous rice; 1 pound ground pork; 1 egg; 2 tablespoon chopped dry shrimp; 1 teaspoon chopped ginger; 1 tablespoon chopped scallion; 1 tablespoon soy sauce (light); 1 tablespoon soy sauce (light); 2 tablespoons cornstarch; ½ teaspoon salt

Chen chu wan tzu

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 pound ground pork
2 tablespoon chopped dry shrimp
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Asia
Taiwan
Starter

Method

Chop the ground pork with 2 tablespoons of cold water. Place the pork in a bowl. Add the chopped dry shrimp (soaked first to soften), chopped scallion, chopped ginger, soy sauce, salt, 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, and an egg. Mix well until the pork is very sticky.
Wash the glutinous rice and soak in cold water for about half an hour. Drain.
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