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Best Chinese Chicken And Shiitake Rice Cooker Dinner Recipe

16 ratings

· 55min · Gluten free · 4 servings

This rice cooker chicken and shiitake meal is a true staple in Cantonese households. We refer to this type of dish as “yau mei faan” (有味飯) which translates loosely into “rice with flavour” and can really be any rice to which other ingredients are added and cooked together in the rice cooker (or pot) for an easy dinner. Chinese sausages AKA “lap cheong” (臘腸 – see note 1) are fairly ubiquitous in this type of dish and add a distinctive flavour and richness that is hard to mimic with anything…

Len Lee

Ingredients

Meat

• 1 lb Chicken thighs, boneless skinless

• 1 Chinese “lap cheong” sausage

Produce

• 2 slices Ginger, fresh

• 3 Scallions

• 8 Shiitake mushrooms

Condiments

• 2 tsp Oyster sauce

• 8 tsp Soy sauce

• 1 tbsp Soy sauce, dark

Pasta & Grains

• 2 1/2 cups Jasmine rice

Baking & Spices

• 1 tbsp Corn starch

• 1/4 tsp Kosher salt

• 1 tsp Sugar

• 3 dashes White pepper, powder

Oils & Vinegars

• 1 High heat oil

• 1 tsp Sesame oil

• 1/4 Sesame oil

Beer, Wine & Liquor

• 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine

Liquids

• 2 1/2 cups Water

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