Name: Oriental Meatballs
Ingredients: 1/2 c Uncooked short grain rice; 3/4 lb Lean ground pork; 2 Water chestnuts; 3 ts Dried shrimp, soaked/minced; 1 Stalk green onion, minced; 1/2 ts Minced ginger; 2 tb Chopped carrot; 2 ts Soya sauce; 4 ts Cornstarch; 1 Egg white; 3/4 ts Sugar; 3/4 ts Salt; Pinch white pepper

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains, Eggs	Chinese	Chinese, Pork	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Uncooked short grain rice
3/4	lb	Lean ground pork
2		Water chestnuts
3	ts	Dried shrimp, soaked/minced
1		Stalk green onion, minced
1/2	ts	Minced ginger
2	tb	Chopped carrot
2	ts	Soya sauce
4	ts	Cornstarch
1		Egg white
3/4	ts	Sugar
3/4	ts	Salt
		Pinch white pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Soak rice in warm water for 1-1/2 to 2 hours.  Drain well and set aside.
Mix pork with the remaining ingredients in a bowl. Form into 14 meat balls:
take a fistful of the mixture and squeeze out a meatball between your thumb
and index finger.  Use a wet soup spoon to remove meatballs from your fist.
Roll the meatballs in the soaked rice until evenly coated. Gently press
rice into meatballs.  Steam over high heat for 25-30 minutes. Add more
water to the steamer if necessary. Serve with soya sauce, if desired.
Pearls can be kept in the refrigerator and resteamed.
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