Family Recipe: Cantonese Chicken and Shiitake Mushroom Rice Cooker Rice (GF, Oil-Free)
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Serves: 8
 
Ingredients
  • 15 dried Shiitake mushrooms
  • 4.5 cups of rice
  • 4.5 tbsp dried shrimp
  • 12 small pieces of scallops
  • 8 oz chicken thigh
  • 8oz pork
  • 3 shallots
  • 4-5 slices of ginger
  • 4-5 cloves of garlic
  • ¾ cup water
  • Meat Marinade:
  • 2.5 tbsp GF soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • Seasoning for Rice:
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp GF soy sauce
Instructions
  1. Soak the dried shrimp, scallops, dried mushrooms in separate bowl with hot water. Use more than enough to cover the shrimp, scallop, mushroom because you will be needing it for cooking the rice. Leave it aside for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, marinate your chicken/pork. Set it aside for at least 30 minutes.
  3. Slice up your garlic, ginger and scallions.
  4. Add water to your steamer/wok. When the water is boiling turn the heat down to a simmer and steam the mushrooms and dried shrimp for 15 minutes. (If you don't have a steamer, check out this great idea to make your own steamer: BUILD YOUR OWN STEAMER)
  5. Heat up a non-stick pan, sauté 2 cloves of garlic, slices of ginger and 1 shallots. Add your uncooked rice. Allow it to absorb the flavors and toast a little. (this should take no longer than 5 minutes).
  6. Add your scented rice to your rice cooker. Pour over the dried shrimp, scallop and mushroom soaking water. Add water to make up for the remaining amount of water needed. (follow the markings on the rice cooker or the back of your package of rice).
  7. Add scallops and shrimp. Start cooking your rice!
  8. In the meantime, finely slice your shiitake mushrooms. We want them pretty small - 1 could probably be cut into 6-8 pieces.
  9. Sauté remaining 2 cloves of garlic, 2 slices of ginger and 2 shallots in a heated non-stick pan. Toss in your marinated meat and mushrooms. Add ¾ cup water and cover. Allow the mixture to simmer for 5 minutes till cooked through. Set aside. (you do not want to over cook your meat!)
  10. When the rice is done, mix in the mushroom-chicken-pork mixture. Add in the fish sauce and soy sauce to taste.
Notes
Meat: you can use whatever combination as long as it totals to 16 oz. The original recipe calls for half chicken and half pork, but we ran out! Feel free to substitute in turkey breast, chicken breast but make sure you don't over cook it!
Recipe by Unconventional Cooks at https://unconventionalcooks.com/2016/03/21/family-recipe-oil-free-cantonese-chicken-and-black-mushroom-claypot-rice/