Ching’s spicy salmon rice balls recipe on Food and Drink

Ching He Huang serves up spicy salmon fried rice balls for her East meets West party food theme for the Weekend on Food and Drink with Tom Kerridge.

Ching says: “These spicy rice balls are packed with flavour and surprisingly easy to make. Dip in oyster sauce mayonnaise for a tasty snack.”

The ingredients are: 300g sushi rice or short grain rice, 100g salmon fillet, diced, 3 tbsp mayonnaise, 2 tbsp mirin, 1 tsp sriracha hot sauce, 1 tsp finely chopped coriander stems, 1 tbsp seasoned rice vinegar (or 1 tbsp rice vinegar mixed with a pinch caster sugar and a pinch salt), 1 tsp caster sugar, 1 large free-range egg, 250g Japanese panko breadcrumbs, 4 tbsp black sesame seeds, vegetable oil, for deep frying, chopped coriander, to garnish and chopped amaranth leaves, to garnish (optional).