Chicken Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf, CiCi Li - Asian Home Cooking Recipes

Chicken sticky rice in lotus leaf is a classic Cantonese dim sum dish. All the mouth-watering ingredients are wrapped in lotus leaf and steamed until fragrant. It is said that chicken sticky rice in lotus leaf was born in the night market of Guangzhou so originally the rice and the filling were packed in a bowl and then steamed and later the hawkers packed the rice and the fillings in lotus leaves for the convenience in carrying them around. It was truly a game changer because first it added the floral fragrance of the lotus leaves to sticky rice and the filling and second the portion of the sticky rice is no longer limited to the size of so on top of the chicken as the filling the vendors start adding more savory ingredients now let's transfer the soaked sticky rice in the pot of a rice cooker then add water in the pot to the same level as the sticky rice put it in a rice cooker use the setting for rice and cook in the meantime let's marinate the chicken with the marinades let it sit for about 30 minutes to make the sauce add all the seasonings and mix well in a wok at one tablespoon of vegetable oil at the last time dry shrimps shiitake mushrooms and stir fry on low heat until the aroma comes out for about one minute put aside now in the same wok we're gonna add another tablespoon of oil in it add the minced garlic and marinate chicken and cook over high heat until medium well for about three minutes transferring the cooked dry shrimp and shiitake mushrooms now put in half of the sauce mix well take them out and put aside now after the rice is done we're gonna add another half of the sauce inside combine until the rice is colored evenly okay i think this part is a little too small let's switch to a bigger bowl place a lotus leaf on a flat surface pat dry with paper towel place another lotus leaf over dry with paper towel place half cup of sticky rice in the center and create a rectangular shape then place two tablespoons of filling on the rice add another half cup of rice over the filling to fold a lotus leaf into a pocket first fold the bottom of the lotus leaf upward fold the left side inward then fold the right side inward roll it up until it becomes a pocket do the same with the rest now boil water in a pot add a steamer in the pot put the pockets on the steamer cover the lid and steam on high heat for one hour so now we want to wash the as you cook add more boiling water if needed there are so many ways to make sticky rice anything from sweet to savory to anything in between which way is your favorite comment below and let me know and for more recipes that is made out of sticky rice check out my website i have done a lot in the past so for example there's the delicious shaomai sticky rice there is the zongzi there is renxiao that is made out of sticky rice powder they're all so delicious okay so remember to subscribe thumbs up i'll see you again soon bye