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Sweet Heat Sesame Balls
A sweet little treat starts with zesty Pinto Beans and sugar for a sweet-heat filling surprise inside golden fried sesame-covered rice dough.
- Cook Time
3 Hours10 Mins
- Serves
144
INGREDIENTS
Filling
- 9 cups Bush’s Best® Easy Entrées® Texas Ranchero® Pinto Beans, Drained
- 2.25 cups Granulated Sugar
- 4.5 tsp Kosher Salt
- 2.25 cups Rice Flour
Rice Dough
- 5.25 cups Warm Water
- 4 cups Brown Sugar, Light
- 4 qt. Sweet Rice Flour, plus more as needed
- 1.5 qt. White Sesame Seeds
INGREDIENTS
Filling
- 9 cups Bush’s Best® Easy Entrées® Texas Ranchero® Pinto Beans, Drained
- 2.25 cups Granulated Sugar
- 4.5 tsp Kosher Salt
- 2.25 cups Rice Flour
Rice Dough
- 5.25 cups Warm Water
- 4 cups Brown Sugar, Light
- 4 qt. Sweet Rice Flour, plus more as needed
- 1.5 qt. White Sesame Seeds
DIRECTIONS
- FILLING: Using a food processor, combine beans, granulated sugar, and salt until a smooth paste is formed. Scrape into a saucepan. Simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes to reduce. Transfer reduced mixture to a bowl. Fold in the rice flour and mix until the mixture forms a paste. Cool and refrigerate for 2 hours or until chilled before using.
- RICE DOUGH: Whisk together warm water and brown sugar in a mixing bowl until sugar is dissolved. Place flour into a separate mixing bowl. Pour sugar-water mixture over flour and hand mix until a dough forms. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- ASSEMBLE: Follow directions for filling and rice dough and chill as directed. Pre-heat a fryer to 325ºF. Measure white sesame seeds into a small mixing bowl.
- For each sesame ball, flatten out rice dough into 1 oz. disks. Use sweet rice flour as needed to prevent sticking.
- Spoon 1 Tbsp bean paste into the middle of each disk. Remold the dough so that it forms a ball around the paste. Roll each ball in the sesame seeds until well coated.
- Fry each sesame ball for 8–10 minutes or until golden and crispy.
- Transfer sesame balls to a paper-towel lined sheet pan to drain. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving. Serve 2 sesame balls per person.
