Chicken Rice Balls in 15 minutes

Chicken Rice Balls in 15 minutes

These rice balls were invented out of necessity. My daughter, aged 5 had become quite the fussy eater. It was impossible to get her to eat her food. Typical of many 5-year-olds? Yes. However, I just wished she would eat enough rice to keep me happy. She loves chicken but was that enough? Of course not. I was only satisfied if she had a bowl of rice at least for lunch.

So one day she was watching ‘Kungfu Panda’ and started to chant, “I want Rice Balls! I want Rice Balls!”
I had no idea what she meant. I asked her if she was hungry. “Yes!”, came her reply! I want Chicken rice balls.

Too happy that she was actually asking for food, to wonder what kind of rice balls she meant… I rushed to my kitchen where I had some chicken thawing for dinner. I took out two of the chicken wings, cut off the skin, and cut off the meat from the bones. Chopped it up like a chunky mince. Then I started chopping some shallots and garlic. I was thinking about the Thai Rice in the fridge and had an idea. “Mix some cooked chicken with the rice into balls and fry them lightly into balls”, I thought.

The recipe that developed turned out to be quite yummy as I munched on some, myself as I finished cooking.
BUT MY HARSHEST CRITIC, my 5-year-old would have to approve now wouldn’t she?
I plated it up all fancy to make her happy and set it at the table. “Your chicken balls are ready! Come and have them”, I called out.

As she ran up to the Dining Table and stopped abruptly, I cringed. “Oh no here comes the rejection”.
She shouted, “Wow I want the whole plateful!” :):):):) And just about finish it, she did! With her tummy full, she exclaimed, “Don’t eat the rest. I will have it for Dinner!”

So here this is for those lovely mothers out there in the same boat as me. Try it out. Maybe it will come in handy.
You can put them on toothpicks to serve as hors d’oeuvres as well!

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Chicken Rice Balls in 15 minutes

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Ingredients: 

• 2 cups cooked Thai or Jasmine rice ( Day-old rice from the fridge is best)
• 500 gms minced chicken
• 3 Tbsp spring onion bulbs
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp garlic
• 1 carrot- diced (optional)
• 1 1/2 tsp Asian sesame oil
• 2 Tbsp spring onion greens
• 2 Tbsp cilantro/ coriander
• Seasoning option 1: 1/4 tsp pepper powder, 1/4 tsp ground cumin, 1/2 tsp paprika / mild chilli powder
• Seasoning option 2: 1 tsp any of the following (chicken seasoning powder, chilli powder, curry powder, mushroom powder, etc)
• 1-2 Tbsp light soy sauce (according to salt content)
• 2 Tbsp chopped Spring Onion greens
• 2 Tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• Oil as needed
• 2-3 eggs beaten with salt and pepper

Same Recipe Video is available on the Recipe page⇑.

On Laptop, is recommended that you open the recipe page and keep this page going if you like to WATCH / LISTEN to the video alongside the written instructions.

Key Ingredients: Rice, Chicken, Egg, Spring Onion, Garlic, Ginger,  Coriander, Carrot, Seasoning, Soy sauce, Salt, Pepper, Oil.

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