Golden Ball

It was truly a sweet surprise when I came home one day  ~ my eldest in the kitchen (she seldom in d kitchen unless i ask her to)... and what more surprises me was that in the pot of hot oil, there were 3 big balls all covered with panko. I must say ~ I was really impressed. So, waking up fresh this morning, I've asked her to teach me on making this Sushi King inspired gunkan dish ~ the golden ball.

Basically for this dish, you need:

Hard-boiled eggs

Japanese Breadcrumbs / Panko  

Plain Flour

beaten eggs for coating

Method:

1. Coat the hard-boiled eggs with beaten eggs - one egg at a time.

2. Place the egg coated hard-boiled egg into the flour and let it roll till the flour covered the egg.

** Repeat step 1 & 2 for five times (coat with beaten egg then roll into the flour then place it back into the bowl of beaten egg  coat it and roll it back into the flour) .This will make up the outer layer of the egg. This step is quite messy especially when it comes to the third, fourth and five coating onwards. By the fifth layer of egg and flour coating the oval shape of the egg has turned round. 

3. After the fifth coating of the flour, dip the ball one last time in the beaten egg.

(Note: this could be quite tricky as the flour & egg coating can be easily dis-formed.

4. Finally, place the egg coated ball into panko-filled container and roll it making sure that the ball is fully covered with panko. Repeat this step for 3 to 4 times. (quite tedious right.... huhu)

5. And.... finally, refrigerate d balls for about 30min the least before they are ready for deep frying... ;)

6. Heat the oil in the pot with medium heat and slowly place in the balls and deep fry them till golden. 

7. Once golden, scoop out the balls and let them cool before cutting them into 2. 

8. The usual filling of golden ball is finely diced crab sticks served with japanese mayonnaise.

    However, i choose to indulge myself with a bit of luxury... ;)

mix chopped english parsley, smoked salmon and creme fraiche

9. Serve the golden balls with your favourite filling. I choose to mix the egg yolk with chopped english parsley, smoked salmon and creme fraiche. 'Drizzle' japanese mayonnaise on top of the filling and sprinkle bits of seaweed as finale.. bon appetito ;)