Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Clay and Chinese Sticky Rice

 The theme for Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date is 'Clay'.  I did a clay tagine ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").

For the Dinner Date, I am sharing my Chinese sticky rice recipe.  It may be easier to just buy it in the restaurants but I thought it turned out to be really delicious.

Based on this recipe

Ingredients

2 c sticky rice (sweet rice or glutinous rice such as Kokuho brand)

6 pc dried shitake mushroom (I used a hearty handful)

2 tbs dried shrimp (I used a hearty handful)

3-4 chinese sausage

3 cloves garlic minced

2 green onions diced

2 tbs canola oil

Sauce (very delicious)

1 tbs light soy

1 tbs dark soy sauce

1 tbs oyster sauce

1/2 tbs rice wine

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp white pepper (can use black pepper)

1/8 tsp salt

soak the sticky rice in cold water for 2-3 hours then drain doesn't seem necessary to do it overnight

Soak mushrooms in hot water for 30 mins. squeeze out and retain water, dice mushrooms

soak shrimp in hot water for 10 mins, retain water and dice the shrimp

soak the sausages in hot water for 3 mins to soften then dice.

Mix the sauce 

In a small bowl, mix light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, Shaoxing rice wine, sesame oil, sugar, white pepper, and salt. Set aside

Stir fry garlic, sausage, green onion. Add mushrooms, shrimp.

Add the drained rice to a rice cooker.  Mix in sauce and stir fried ingredients. Add the reserved soaking liquid to the rice mixture.  If necessary add extra water but don't need a lot, maybe half an inch of water to cover the rice mixture.  Steam the rice in the rice cooker.  Mix well once done and enjoy.