Pearl Balls Recipe

Pearl balls are a fun finger food made with sticky rice and ground pork. The meat, along with minced water chestnuts, green onion, and soy sauce, are formed into small meatballs. Instead of being wrapped in a dumpling wrapper, the meat is coated in sticky glutinous rice. What makes this appetizer stand out are the grains of rice which turn a pearly color when cooked. The interior is meaty and tender, while the outside is chewymaking the pearl balls fun to eat. Serve your homemade pearl balls with soy sauce for drizzling or dipping. Note that while the preparation and cooking time for pearl balls is under an hour, be sure to allow several hours for soaking the glutinous rice. The easiest method is simply to soak it overnight. Then it will take less than an hour to prepare and steam the dish.