Gan's LOH MAI KAI (Chicken in Glutinous Rice)
Legend :
1 tsp = tea spoon
1 tbsp = table spoon
1 ctbsp = chinese table spoon = 2 tbsp
You'll need:
4-5 cups of glutinous rice
5 Chinese/Shitake mushrooms (dried)
2 Chinese sausages (not the Taiwanese sausage)
2 pounds of chicken meat
2 tbsps soy sauce
2 tbsps oyster sauce
2 tsps sesame oil
1/4 tsp chinese (white) pepper
7 tbsps oil
100 gms roast pork (optional)
225 gms fresh pork (optional)
Salt
Sugar
3/4 cup sized bowls for steaming
Recipe
- 1.) Soak glutinous rice for 10 minutes. Rinse and drain well.
- Mix it in 3 tbsps oil,
- 1 tbsp thick soy sauce,
- 1 tbsp thin soy sauce,
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tbsp salt
Put aside and let the mixture soak for at least an hour
- 2.) Soak mushroom for an hour. Cut into quarters and set aside.
- 3.) Cut chicken in bite size pieces.
Season with
- 1 tbsp thick soy sauce,
- 1 tbsp thin soy sauce,
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce,
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp sugar.
Let it soak for at least an hour
Heat 2 tbsps oil in wok with 1/2 tbsp of minced garlic until
garlic is yellowish brown.
Add the chicken and stir fry until dry.
Add 1 tbsp of water, mushrooms and stir until cooked.
Set aside.
- 4.) Slice roast pork into 1 cm cubes and season with
- 1/2 tbsp soy sauce,
- 1/2 tsp thick soy sauce,
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce,
- 1 tsp sesame oil,
- 1/4 tsp pepper,
- 2 tsp sugar.
- 5.) (optional) Heat another 2 tbsps oil, add in pork and toss for a minute.
Add mushroom and 1/4 cup of water. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Blend cornflour with 1/4 cup of water and thicken the gravy. Set aside.
- 6.) Cut the chinese sauseges into about 1/4 length slices.
- 7.) Now put into each bowl :
- one slice of chinese sausage
- one piece of bite size chicken
- one piece of pork (optional)
Fill the bowl with the glutinous rice
add some water until almost full but don't fill to the top
- 8.) Steam them in a steamer for 30 munites or until rice is well cooked.