Recipe           138

 

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Recipe name and category:        Grandma’s Sticky Rice, Entrée/Side Dish

 

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Recipe ingredients and directions:

 

8 cups of sweet rice

8 cups water

1 lb Chinese BBQ pork

1 lb chicken, diced

1 lb pork, diced

½ lb Chinese sausage, diced

½ cup shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced

sugar to taste

salt and pepper to taste

soy sauce to taste

 

In a large rice cooker add water to the sweet rice (there should be enough water to cover the rice about ½ inch above the level of the rice).  Let the sweet rice soak in the water until the water has been completely absorbed by the sweet rice.  Start the rice cooker, and cook the sweet rice until done; do not turn off the rice cooker, let rice continue to cook on low heat for 30 minutes.

 

While the sweet rice is cooking, heat cooking oil in a large frying pan or wok and add the remaining ingredients and cook until the meats are thoroughly cooked.  Add sugar, salt and pepper, and soy sauce to taste.  Remove the pan from the heat and set aside.

 

When the sweet rice is done cooking, stir the sweet rice thoroughly until the rice is fluffy. Carefully add the meat and mushroom mixture into the sweet rice until the all the ingredients are evenly distributed in the sweet rice.

 

Recipe source:  Our grandmother, Hang Louie.

 

Recipe anecdote:   Please note the rice used in this recipe is sweet rice.  The sweet rice, Chinese sausage and Chinese BBQ pork can be found at Uwajimaya, 10500 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Beaverton, OR.  The brand of sweet rice we use is:  Sho-Chiku-Bai.  Our favorite place to buy Chinese BBQ pork is at Good Taste Restaurant, 18 NW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR.