Rice-studded Meatballs

Ingredients

• long-grain white rice
  1 cup
• outer leaves iceberg or romaine lettuce
  2 to 4 unit
• ground pork or veal or meatloaf mix
  1 lb
• Chinese rice wine (preferably Shaoxing) or medium-dry sherry
  1 tablespoon
• bunch scallions (white and pale green parts only)

  minced (1/3 cup)
  1 unit
• canned water chestnuts

  diced (¼ inch) rinsed and drained
  ½ cup
• cornstarch
  1 tablespoon
• egg white

  lightly beaten
  1 tablespoon
• sugar
  1 teaspoon
• Asian sesame oil
  ½ teaspoon
• salt
  1 teaspoon
• white pepper
  ¼ teaspoon