Claypot Rice

Claypot Rice

Food & Drink in Dai Pai Dong

Claypot rice is usually a dinner dish in Chinese. It is typically served with Chinese sausage and vegetables. The rice is cooked in the claypot first and some cooked ingredients like diced chicken and Chinese sausage are added in later. It usually serve with dark soya sauce

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Taste: Salty
Colour: usually with dark soya sauce color and depends on what other ingredients in the rice
Texture: mostly soft and hot rice, but there are slightly crispy bit of rice at the bottom of the pot

Cantonese

煲仔飯

Drain rice and add into a clay pot. and add 350 milliliters water. Add Heat over medium high heat.
While simmering the rice, cook the chicken and mushrooms.
When the rice is ready (the water should be fully absorbed by now), arrange chicken, mushrooms, and Chinese broccoli on top of the rice. Cover and continue to simmer for 18-20 minutes
While the rice is cooking, mix the oyster sauce with the sugar and garlic in a small bowl.
Drizzle oyster sauce on top immediately, while the rice is hot, and mix everything well with a spatula.