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Rice Balls

October 15, 2012 By 11 Comments

Redditor super_luminal shows you how to make a week’s worth of Rice Balls.

The idea here is to basically re-steam it, that’s why it stays tasting fresh rather than like dry/hard day old rice that’s been in the fridge.

  • take still warm rice
  • sprinkle salt on a plastic wrap
  • add rice, make it into a ball (other shapes won’t work), squeeze the air out
  • portion them out to freeze for the week (or longer)

I nuke them for a minute or two (depending on if they’re defrosted or not, and depending on the power of the microwave- the one at work is a BEAST) and have what tastes like perfectly moist, fresh rice all week long!

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  • AngelaTheWeightlifter

    Do you know if this can be done with instant rice?

    • GregorATG

      I don’t see why it wouldn’t work with instant rice.

      Try it and report back :)

      • AngelaTheWeightlifter

        I think I just might!

    • super_luminal

      It will work with any rice/grain, as long as it’s still warm when you wrap it up. The idea here is to basically re-steam it, that’s why it stays tasting fresh rather than like dry/hard day old rice that’s been in the fridge. Instant rice should be no exception. :)

      • GregorATG

        Nice to see you here, and thanks for sharing the tip.

  • datace7

    I’d add some roasted black sesame seeds! lolol

    • GregorATG

      Yeah!

  • Kevin M

    Anyone try with quinoa?

    • super_luminal

      quinoa works too! pretty much any whole, unprocessed grain (rolled oats, for example would be a bad choice, but oat groats would be fine) that’s still warm from cooking works.

  • Larry C

    Will this work if you roll it and unwrap the plastic wrap to reuse for each ball; thus leaving the ball unwrapped? Seems like a massive waste of saran wrap, which is terrible for the environment.

    • GregorATG

      No, that would not work.

      The wrap keeps the water / steam inside, so that the whole thing stay moist when you reheat it.

      Not wrapping it would allow the water to escape and dry it out.