Ingredients for California Farm Fried Rice Ball Snacks
- Make perfect rice
- 1 cup dry rice to make 2 cups cooked rice
- 1/4 Tsp turmeric
- 1 Tsp sweet soy sauce
- 1 tbs dry shredded coconut
- 2 cups cold water
- Fry rice with flavorings
- 2 cups fluffy cold cooked rice, 32 tablespoons
- 1 Tbs peanut oil
- 16 heaping teaspoons, your choice of cooked or baked filling, shredded chicken, shredded beef, shredded lamb, shredded pork, or ground, flaked fish, diced tofu or diced omelette
- 1 Tsp onion powder
- 1 Tsp garlic powder
- Fry riceballs
- Enough oil to float riceballs
- Make the mild glaze, half a cup, for 8 balls:
- 3 Tbs Gochujang paste
- 1/2 cup Rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup Brown sugar
- 1 Tbs Corn starch
- 1 Tbs ginger powder
- Make the spicy glaze, half a cup, for 8 balls:
- 3 Tbs Sambal oelek pepper paste
- 1/2 cup Rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup Sweet thick soy sauce
- 1 Tbs Corn starch
- 1 Tbs ginger powder
- Equipment: saucepan with lid, wok
Cooking Instructions for making California Farm Fried Rice Ball Snacks
Cook the rice. In saucepan, add shredded coconut, soy sauce and turmeric with dry rice, cover with cold water, stir once, bring to rolling boil, turn heat off, lid on, steep one hour. Rice will be perfect, creamy, fluffy and cooled. Wipe saucepan clean.
Medium Heat onion powder and garlic powder in oil in skillet or wok, stirfry cooked rice with 16 Tsp filling of precooked choice like ground beef till fragrant, and crust develops. Cool. When cooled, stir enough beaten egg through the mix till sticky. Wipe skillet or wok clean.
Make about 16 egg size rice balls, press rice together to make solid balls. Wet hands to keep rice from sticking to hands. Roll balls through bread crumbs.
Heat enough oil so that rice balls float, 350F degrees, deepfry 4 at a time, few minutes each side till golden. Filter oil for reuse. Drain rice balls on paper towel.
Make a teaspoon of glaze per riceball, half a cup for 16 balls. In saucepan, dissolve pepper paste in rice vinegar, add sugar or soy, add ginger, add cornstarch, stir, bring to boil, simmer till thick glaze. Brush top of each riceball with pepper glaze. Serve warm or cold. Extra gochujang glaze can be used for dipping. Enjoy.
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