Chicken meatballs disguised as rice balls

 

Ingredients

* Ground chicken (breast)…approx. 300g

* Onion…1/2

* Potato starch…1 tablespoon

* Salt…a pinch

* A Sake…3 tablespoons

* A Mirin…3 tablespoons

* A Oyster sauce (or soy sauce)…3 tablespoons

* A Brown sugar (or white sugar)…a little over 1 tablespoon *If using regular soy sauce, use 1 and 1/2 tablespoons

* Roasted nori seaweed for rice balls…1 sheet, cut into 9 equal parts

* Sesame oil…1 tablespoon

Instructions

1. Put the ingredients from ground chicken to salt into a bowl and mix well until sticky. Divide the meat mixture into 9 equal parts.

2. Shape the 9 portions of meat mixture into rice balls and wrap with nori seaweed. Mix the ingredients for A together.

3. Add sesame oil to a frying pan and place the meatballs from step 2 in it before heating. Heat over medium heat and brown them.

4. As soon as they are browned, flip them over and pour the mixed sauce from A over them. Cover and steam for 2 minutes.

5. Remove the lid, and once the sauce has thickened, it's done!