Sticky Rice with Pork and Chinese Mushrooms
MEDIUM 1 HOUR
• 3 cups glutinous (sticky) rice
• 8 shiitake mushrooms
• 1 Chinese sausage
• 6 oz pork
• Some roasted peanuts
• 2 tbsp chopped shallots
• 2 tsp chopped garlic
• 2 tbsp dry shrimps
• 1 large bundle of cilantro
• 2 tbsp chopped green onion
• 3 tbsp cooking wine
• ¼ cup light soy sauce
• 1 tsp salt
• ⅓ tsp sugar
• 1 tsp chicken powder
• A little bit ground pepper
• A little bit sesame oil
• 1¾ cups water (use water that soaked mushrooms and dry shrimps)
TIP
To store sticky rice — Divide sticky rice into meal portions, wrap individually with plastic food wrap. Put them in a freezer bag for up to 3 months.
To reheat sticky rice — Place sticky rice portion on a steam plate, steam for about 15 minutes until rice is hot. Preferably thaw sticky rice to room temperature before steaming. Doing this will cut down on steaming time.
Alternate way to reheat sticky rice — Place sticky rice on a microwave safe bowl, cover with wet kitchen paper towel. Reheat in high for about 5 minutes until the rice is hot.
1 Soak sticky rice in a bowl of water for 1 hour. Drain well and set aside for later use.
2 Soak shiitake mushrooms with 1 cup of water until the mushrooms are soft. Clean mushrooms and remove the stems. Dice into small pieces. Save the mushroom water for later use.
3 Soak dry shrimps until softened. Chop shrimps into fine pieces. Save shrimp water for later use.
4 Place Chinese sausage on a steam plate, steam for 10 minutes. Slice sausage and then dice into small pieces.
5 Dice pork into small pieces. Marinate with ¼ tsp salt, ¼ sugar and 1 tsp soy sauce.
6 Heat wok, add 1 tsp oil, stir fry chopped shallots and chopped garlic. Then add shiitake mushrooms, stir fry and mix well.
7 Stir fry dry shrimps, add some ground pepper. Add in diced meat, stir fry until meat is cooked. Add in sausage and 1 tbsp cooking wine, stir fry for 1 minute.
8 Add seasonings and 1¾ cups mushroom/dry shrimp soaking water, bring to boil. Add sticky rice to the wok. Turn heat to medium, stir fry sticky rice for a while until water is almost absorbed. Turn off heat.
9 Transfer sticky rice to a rice cooker. Steam for about 40 minutes until rice is cooked.
10 Check if it needs more seasoning. Add in peanuts, chopped cilantro and green onion.
11 Dish up and serve hot.