Hearty Rice Balls with Leftover Shabu-Shabu Beef
Transform your leftover shabu-shabu meat into delicious and satisfying rice balls!
This recipe is perfect for using up any leftover thinly sliced beef or pork from your shabu-shabu hot pot or Mille-feuille nabe. Give your leftovers a delicious second life as flavorful rice balls!
Main Ingredients- Leftover Shabu-Shabu meat (beef or pork, as much as you like, approx. 100-150g)
- Cooked rice (1 serving, approx. 200g)
- Salt (to taste)
- Sesame oil (1 tsp)
- Bok choy (1 head, optional)
Seasoning & Sauce- Oyster sauce (1 tsp, for stir-frying meat)
- Soy sauce (to taste, for stir-frying or dipping sauce)
- Wasabi paste (about a finger-joint length, for dipping sauce)
- Sesame seeds or toasted sesame seeds (a pinch, for garnish)
- Oyster sauce (1 tsp, for stir-frying meat)
- Soy sauce (to taste, for stir-frying or dipping sauce)
- Wasabi paste (about a finger-joint length, for dipping sauce)
- Sesame seeds or toasted sesame seeds (a pinch, for garnish)
Cooking Instructions
Step 1
First, slice the leftover shabu-shabu meat into bite-sized pieces. Heat a lightly oiled pan over medium heat and stir-fry the meat until cooked. You can add about 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce while stir-frying for enhanced flavor. Once cooked, set the meat aside in a separate bowl.
Step 2
Season the warm cooked rice with salt to your preference. Add 1 teaspoon of sesame oil and mix gently. Combine thoroughly, much like you would season rice for kimbap, ensuring the seasoning is evenly distributed throughout the rice grains.
Step 3
If you have bok choy, wash it, chop it into manageable pieces, and lightly stir-fry it separately. Add the stir-fried bok choy on top of the rice for a refreshing crunch and a hint of freshness. (This step is optional if bok choy is unavailable.)
Step 4
Place the nicely stir-fried meat generously over the seasoned rice. Prepare to mix everything together so that the meat juices and flavors meld with the rice.
Step 5
If you didn’t season the meat separately while stir-frying, now is a good time to make a simple dipping sauce. In a small bowl, mix a little soy sauce with about a finger-joint length of wasabi paste. This creates a delicious wasabi soy dipping sauce that cuts through any richness of the meat. You can also add a pinch of sesame seeds for garnish.
Step 6
Now, mix all the ingredients together and shape them into round, bite-sized rice balls. You can either mix the rice and meat thoroughly before shaping, or place the meat mixture on top of the rice balls as a topping. Enjoy your super simple and delicious meat rice balls made with leftover shabu-shabu meat!
