Recipe - Steamed Beef Balls With Glutinous Rice

1 cup Glutinous rice
1 pound Lean beef
2 sl Fresh ginger root
1 small Onion
1 Egg
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
One half teaspoon Cornstarch
One half teaspoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sherry

1. Soak glutinous rice. Drain well.

2. Mince or grind beef, removing fat and tendons. Place in a bowl. Mince
ginger root and onion and add.

3. Beat egg lightly and add, along with soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar, salt
and sherry. Blend well and form into walnutsize meatballs. (Do not handle
meat too much; it will dry out.)

4. Spread glutinous rice on a flat plate. Roll each meatball over rice to
coat completely.

5. Arrange meatballs on shallow heatproof dish with 1/2inch spaces between
them to allow for expansion of rice.

6. Steam on a rack 20 to 30 minutes (see "HOWTO SECTION"). Serve hot with
dips of soy sauce and Chinese mustard.

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