don’t let that rice go to waste

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We love the beauty of sauces we don’t know how to make ourselves. The wonderfully clean and simple presentation of the Chinese food box. And the protein found in an egg. Do you?

A San José, CA reader suggested this nifty recipe for reusing extra rice:

1. Take your extra rice (sticky rice is ideal) and form tablespoon-sized orbs, using a little warm water to mold them
2. For extra flavor, sprinkle sesame seeds on them, or better yet, roll them in sesame seeds
3. Dip them into soy sauce from your extra packets
4. Voila: rice orbs thanks to San Jo!

Sent from a Brooklynite with a mobile phone cam. She saves dijon mustard packs from deli takeout but the packs sit unused for ages, she said, hardly competing with her mustard jars. She was relieved to find a use for them, and added that mustard goes naturally with eggs.

Got a good idea on the topic of spices?

Extra soy sauce packets are natural go-to items for your box, but we’ve also experimented with extra Indian food sauces (and ketchup), like the ones here: