If you ever had Dim Sum, you must have had this delicious and hearty Lo Mai Gai (steamed sticky rice with chicken). It is made of glutinous rice, braised chicken, shiitake mushroom, Chinese sausage (Lap Cheong) and sometimes boiled egg. It is very common in places like Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, etc, especially in the food court or places for Dim Sum. However, Hong Kong-style Lo Mai Gai is cooked with lotus leaf while Lo Mai Gai in Malaysia and Singapore is a cook in a stainless steel cup😂, but the taste is still amazing.
Although I have made a lot of Sticky Rice Dumpling and Alkaline Dumpling, I still left a lot of glutinous rice. I keep thinking of what can I do with them. Until when I’m having Dim Sum yesterday, this delightful dish came across me. Without much thinking, I grab some Chinese sausage (Lap Cheong), chicken thigh, mushroom and etc. I can’t manage to find stainless steel cups, so I bought some aluminium cup from the bakery shop.
It is not difficult to make the Lo Mai Gai, although you may need to prepare a lot of sauce, you will reward with the tasty breakfast or brunch.
Ingredients
- 250 gram glutinous rice
- 1 chicken thigh
- 1 chinese sausage
- 6 dried shittake mushroom
- 2 red onion
- 6 garlic
Seasoning for chicken thigh
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp thick soy sauce
- 2 tbsp cooking wine
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Moderate pepper
- Moderate salt
Seasoning for glutinous rice
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp thick soy sauce
- Moderate sesame oil
Instructions
- Rinse and soak the glutinous rice overnight.
- Rinse and soak the dried shiitake mushroom until soften.
- Mince the garlics and red onions.
- Cut the chicken thigh into 6 pieces and season for 30 minutes.
- Remove the skin of chinese sausage and slice it.
- Stir fry the chinese sausage.
- Stir fry the chicken with half of the minced garlics and onions. Do not need to fully cook the chicken.
- Stir fry the glutinous rice with the remaining minced garlics and onions. Season and stir well.
- Put the cooked ingredients in the aluminium cup and top with the glutinous rice.
- Steam for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
