Quick Chicken-Sesame Rice Balls

Name: Quick Chicken-Sesame Rice Balls
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 57 grams skinless, boneless rotisserie chicken breast, finely shredded; 1 teaspoons dark sesame oil; 2 Tbsps thinly sliced green onion tops; 0 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 teaspoon lower-sodium soy sauce; 2 teaspoons rice vinegar, divided; 210 grams package precooked sticky rice (such as Annie Chuns); 0 teaspoons sugar

Quick Chicken-Sesame Rice Balls takes around 20 minutes from beginning to end. For $1.86 per serving, you get a side dish that serves 2. One serving contains 435 calories, 13g of protein, and 2g of fat. If you have precooked sticky rice, sesame oil, green onion tops, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Heat rice according to package directions; spread on a plate.

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Spread

Rice

Sprinkle with 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar, sugar, and salt; cool completely.

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Vinegar

Sugar

Salt

Combine remaining 1/2 teaspoon vinegar, onions, soy sauce, oil, and chicken in a small bowl.

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Soy Sauce

Whole Chicken

Vinegar

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Arrange 4 (6-inch) squares of plastic wrap on a work surface. Divide rice mixture into 4 equal portions, shaping each into a ball. Lightly press each rice ball into a disc between palms; place 1 disc on each plastic wrap square. Make an indentation in each. Top each indentation with one-fourth of chicken mixture. Working with one rice ball at a time, lightly press the rice over the filling. Gather up ends of plastic wrap, and twist tightly to form a ball. Gently remove plastic wrap; decorate with nori, if desired.

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Whole Chicken

Nori

Rice

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

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Seedless Red Grapes