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Chinese Savory Sticky Rice - Xoi Man

Chinese Savory Sticky Rice (Xôi Mặn)

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups sweet rice, uncooked
  • 4 dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 1.5 tablespoon dried shrimps
  • ¼ white onion diced
  • 1 Chinese sausage diced
  • 2 tablespoon cooking oil

For the sauce

  • 2 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon ABC's dark soy sauce
  • ½ tablespoon chicken powder
  • black pepper

Instructions

The night before cooking

  • Soak sweet rice in warm water in a bowl.
  • Soak the shiitake mushroom in warm water in a separate bowl.
  • Soak the dried shrimps in warm water in a separate bowl.

The day of cooking

  • Prep your ingredients by dicing the onion, dicing the Chinese sausage, and dicing the shiitake mushrooms. Set aside.
  • Drain the water from the sweet rice and shrimps. Set aside.
  • In a bowl, combine all the listed ingredients under “for the sauce” and set aside.
  • Pre-heat your sticky rice cooker on the stovetop by adding water and the sticky rice basket on medium high heat.
  • While waiting, in a separate large pan, add cooking oil over medium high heat. Sauté the onions until fragrant - 30 seconds.
  • Add your Chinese sausage and mushrooms. Sauté for another minute.
  • Add the shrimp. Combine. Then add your sauce mixture - stir well for another 30 seconds.
  • Add your drained sweet rice and stir until rice is evenly coated.
  • Directly add the mixed rice into the sticky rice cooker. Place a lid on the sticky rice cooker and cook the sticky rice over medium high heat for 25 minutes or until fully cooked.
  • Top the sticky rice with fried shallots and serve hot.