Recipe - Deep-Fried Ham-And-Egg Balls

One half pound Smoked ham
1 Scallion stalk
3 Eggs
3 sl White bread
2 teaspoon Flour
One half teaspoon Salt
Oil for deepfrying

1. Mince ham and scallion. Beat eggs. Trim off bread crusts; break bread
into soft crumbs. Mix ingredients together, blending in flour and salt.

2. Form mixture into walnutsize balls. Meanwhile, heat oil.

3. Add meat balls to oil a few at a time and deepfry until golden.
Drain on paper toweling. Serve hot.

VARIATION: After step 2, roll hamandegg balls in rice flour noodles
broken in 1/2inch lengths. (When deepfried, the noodles will curl up.)

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.