STIR FRIED STICKY RICE WITH CHINESE SAUSAGE

STIR FRIED STICKY RICE WITH CHINESE SAUSAGE image

Categories Mushroom Pork Side Stir-Fry Christmas Thanksgiving New Year's Eve Dinner Buffet Sausage Spring Winter Potluck

Yield 8 people

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

-3 cups of Sweet Glutinous Rice ÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ" (long or short grain is fine, this is not the same as sushi rice or white rice)
-1 cup dried shiitake mushrooms
-Â½ cup dried shrimp
-5 Chinese sausages
-1 cup of dried roasted peanuts
-2 tablespoon canola oil
-2 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
-1.5 cup chopped green onions (2 bunches)
-1/3 cup Chinese rice wine or medium-dry Sherry
-3 tablespoons soy sauce
-2 tablespoons mushroom soy sauce
-2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil
-1 teaspoon sugar
-1/2 teaspoon white pepper
Special equipment: a wok
Garnish: thinly sliced scallion greens

Steps:

-Rinse and clean the rice with water a few times until the water runs clear. -Cover rice with warm water in a large bowl. You need to soak the rice at least 2 hours, but better if you can soak it overnight. -Wash the dried mushrooms in the sink and soak it in a bowl with hot water. Soak the mushroom for 1hr and squeeze the mushroom to remove excess liquid back into the bowl. Save this liquid because you will use it to cook the sticky rice. The mushrooms will have a hard stem and you would want to snip it off with a kitchen shear. Coarsely chop the mushrooms and set it aside. -Chop the sausage into ÃÂ½ inch pieces. ÃÂ-Wash and soak the dried shrimp in cold water for 1 hr. Drain the water and set the dried shrimp aside. -Heat the wok over high heat until just smoking. Add canola oil, ginger, green onions and stir-fry 30-45 seconds. Add sausage, dried shrimp, and mushrooms stir-fry 3-5 minute. Turn the heat down to medium high heat and stir in rice wine, sesame oil, sugar, and white pepper. -Now itÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂs time to stir in the rice. First you want to drain the liquid and set the liquid aside in a small bowl. You will now stir fried the sweet rice with whatÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂs in the wok for 30-40mins in medium-high heat. While you are stir frying the sweet rice you want to add some of the mushroom/rice liquid you have set aside earlier into the wok (a little bit at a time). This process is similar to cooking Italian risotto. You will need to stir fried the rice constantly while adding the rice/mushroom liquid. You will know the rice is almost done when the rice turn translucent. -Add the soy sauce and mushroom soy sauce into the rice and mix until itÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂs well incorporated. -Add the peanuts and mix it evenly. -Transfer the rice into a large bowl, garnish with some more green onions on top and enjoy!