Glutinous Rice

Ingredients (serves 4)
250g glutinous rice
320ml stock
4 tbsp oil
80g shallots (sliced)
4 cloves garlice (chopped)
200g chicken/belly pork
50g dried prawns (soaked in warm water)
10 Chinese mushrooms (soaked and sliced)
100g peanuts
2 Chinese sausages (lap cheong) (sliced)
1 tbsp dark soy sauce

Directions
1 Wash and soak rice for 15 minutes. Drain dry in a colander.
2 Boil chicken/pork and peanuts in enough water to cover for 25 minutes. Remove chicken/pork and cut into strops but leave peanuts to boil for another half hour or more till tender. Reserve 320ml of the stock to cook the glutinous rice.
3 Heat the oil in a wok and fry the shallots till golden brown and fragrant. Remove.
4 Add garlic, dried prawns and Chinese sausages and fry till fragrant. Add chicken/pork and stir-fry till well sealed.
5 Add rice and fry till well coated with ingredients and oil. Add dark soy sauce, salt and pepper and mix well.
6 Add stock and transfer everything to a rice cooker and cook till done. Fluff up rice with a pair of chopsticks and mix in fried shallots. Serve garnished with coriander leaves.

tip!
You can use canned peanuts to save time.



Extracted from Simply Her/February 2005