Pearl Balls | Saveur

Pearl Balls | Saveur

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These are also called porcupine balls, for their prickly appearance. Our recipe is adapted from one in The Cooking of China by Emily Hahn (Time-Life Books, 1968).

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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup sticky rice
  • 4 dried Chinese black mushrooms
  • 1 lb. finely ground pork
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. sugar
  • 1" piece ginger, peeled and minced
  • 6 canned water chestnuts, drained and chopped
  • 1 scallion, trimmed and finely chopped
  • 12 large napa cabbage leaves, blanched

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