Steamed Rice Pearl Balls with Spicy Mango Salsa Recipe | Ming Tsai

Ingredients

• 2 cups glutinous rice
• 1 pound ground pork
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1/2 tablespoon minced ginger
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4 dried shiitakes, rinsed, soaked for 30 minutes, de-stemmed and finely diced
• 8 medium fresh shiitakes, de-stemmed and finely diced
• 8 fresh water chestnuts, peeled and finely diced (canned will work, rinse well)
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• 2 ripe mangoes, peeled and finely diced
• 1 small red onion, finely diced
• 1 jalepeno, de-stemmed, finely diced with seeds
• 1/4 cup sliced scallions
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/2 tablespoon sambal
• Salt
• black pepper