This is an easy, budget-friendly Chinese-style chicken ball recipe using chicken breast, cabbage, and quail eggs. The chicken balls have a fluffy texture with a hidden quail egg inside, perfectly complementing the tender, melty cabbage. It's a dish that will make you want to eat more rice.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients (2 servings)
- Chicken Breast 200g (approx. 1/2 breast)
- Cabbage 250g (approx. 1/8 head)
- Quail Eggs (boiled) 1 bag (approx. 6-8 eggs)
- Potato Starch 1.5 tbsp
Seasonings
- [A] Cooking Sake (Rice Wine) 1 tbsp
- [A] Mayonnaise 1 tbsp
- [A] Salt (to taste)
- [B] Water 3 tbsp
- [B] Mirin (Sweet Rice Wine) 2 tbsp
- [B] Oyster Sauce 1 tbsp
- [B] Chicken Bouillon Powder 1 tsp
- [B] Potato Starch 1 tsp
- [B] Sesame Oil 1 tsp
Steps
- Cut cabbage (250g, approx. 1/8 head) into 1-2cm wide pieces.
- In a bowl, combine 3 tbsp water, 2 tbsp mirin (sweet rice wine), 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp chicken bouillon powder, 1 tsp potato starch, and 1 tsp sesame oil. Mix well to create the sauce.
- Remove the skin from the chicken breast (200g, approx. 1/2 breast) and slice it into two. Cut the chicken breast into about 1cm cubes and pound them to a minced texture. (Tip: You can also use ground chicken for a delicious result.)
- Place the minced chicken breast in a bowl. Add 1 tbsp cooking sake (rice wine), 1 tbsp mayonnaise, a pinch of salt, and 1.5 tbsp potato starch. Knead well until sticky.
- Scoop out the chicken mixture with a large spoon, place a quail egg (boiled) in the center, and then scoop another spoonful of chicken to cover it. Drop onto the potato starch.
- Coat the quail egg with potato starch, shaping it into a ball. (Tip: Using spoons makes it less messy and more efficient. If you don't have enough quail eggs, you can still make it delicious without them.)
- Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Place the chicken balls in the pan. Stir them occasionally for about 4-5 minutes until browned all over, then transfer to a plate.
- Wipe off excess oil from the frying pan, then add the chopped cabbage. Cover with a lid and steam-fry over medium heat for 4-5 minutes until softened. (Tip: Steaming will make the cabbage tender and melty.)
- Stir the prepared sauce again and pour it into the frying pan. Heat until thickened.
- Once thickened, return the cooked chicken balls to the frying pan and stir to coat them with the sauce.
- Once the sauce has coated everything, it's ready. Plate and serve.






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