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Glutinous rice chicken (Lo Mai Gai)

The glutinous rice chicken (Lo Mai Gai) is soft and gingery, paired with savory chicken pieces, shiitake mushrooms, and Chinese sausages, making this dim sum a favorite of many people. It is not difficult to make glutinous rice chicken at home. As far as the chicken and mushrooms are marinated well and the steamed glutinous rice is mixed with the mixed sauce, it can make a delicious glutinous rice chicken in a dim sum restaurant. The steamed glutinous rice chicken can be frozen in the refrigerator. When you want to eat it, take it out and steam it until it softens, and you can enjoy the hot and fragrant glutinous rice chicken. When talking about glutinous rice, I believe that many friends are having problems cooking glutinous rice,  such as too much water in the rice. Rice that has been overcooked or thatbis too sticky to eat has a harsh texture. To make glutinous rice chicken, getting the rice done is the most important key.   Let me share with you how to cook perfect glutin

Crispy Fried Cauliflower with Bang Bang Sauce

Crispy cauliflower fritters are super addictive!! They are like a vegetarian version of chicken popcorn and taste great with my own made Bang Bang Sauce. These cauliflower fritters are so crispy and tasty that you will need to prepare a second batch. The batter can be made up in advance!  Since they are best consumed immediately after being fried, if you are unable to consume them all at once, fry only what you can and store the remaining batter in the refrigerator for future use. I make the batter with two types of flour: regular flour and rice flour or cornflour. I've discovered that although cornflour will provide a batter with a stronger crunch, rice flour will produce something that fries up light and crisp. Both are delicious.    Cauliflower fritters taste great with some sriracha, ketchup, or cheese sauce on the side. But I am serving it with my own homemade Bang Bang sauce. This sauce is good with seafood, but you can whip it up and use it on meat or veggies to add a sw

Sweet Potato Mochi Tangyuan (番薯奶黄糯米糍汤圆)

Let's make sweet glutinous rice balls this time after I previously shared salty glutinous rice balls which were focused on the soup base.   And the exterior and filling of these sweet glutinous rice balls are the main attractions. These glutinous rice balls are distinctive from others since they are made with flavorful sweet potatoes. The custard filling is wrapped in a glutinous rice ball, which is not only distinctive in form but also incredibly eye-catching. Glutinous rice balls are made of glutinous rice and have a high viscosity, which makes them difficult to digest for some people. This mochi tangyuan is using more sweet potatoes and less glutinous rice flour. This recipe is something like making mochi.   Making this mochi tangyuan with the kids is a delightful project since you may mould and fill the rice balls with your own paste. I combined mashed orange, purple, and yellow sweet potatoes with glutinous flour to make the rice ball. Different varieties of potatoes absor

Osmanthus fried wings (桂花翅)

Whenever I went to a wedding meal. The first "Hot and Cold" dish, particularly the scrambled eggs with shark fin and crab meats, is always devoured by the diners. It turns out that it goes by the extremely lovely name of osmanthus Wings ( 桂花翅 ). Due to the propaganda to protect sharks. The restaurant no longer serves this dish with shark fins. In Hong Kong, osmanthus fried wings with sweet-scented osmanthus are a unique meal. You can find interesting names for their items on the menu if you ever pay attention to it. when you order something only to discover that it is not what you ordered. This meal is comparable to another one called "ants on the tree,” ( 蚂蚁上树 ) which is stir-fried vermicelli with minced pork. Originally, Osmanthus fried wings are not using real shark fins, but imitation shark fins which are replaced by vegetarian fins are made of gelatin, or you may also substitute with vermicelli. The scrambled egg looks like osmanthus fragrans, so it is called os

Salty Glutinous Rice Balls(咸汤圆)

On the night of the winter solstice, every household is having dinner with their family members. Just like the Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival, make dumplings, make glutinous rice balls, and have a big meal. It is implying reunion and happiness for the whole family. It's customary to have glutinous rice balls (Tangyuan 汤圆 ) on the winter solstice. Tangyuan is a must-have food for the winter solstice. It is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. There is a folk saying that “you will be one year older after eating glutinous rice balls”. Even restaurants also serve glutinous rice balls as a promotional menu on that day.   On the dining table, Cantonese treat sweet glutinous rice balls seem to dominate.   Both of my parents are Cantonese, yet my mother never makes sweet "tangyuan" on this day; instead, she always makes a pot of salty glutinous rice balls. The filling is not wrapped in glutinous rice balls, but glutinous rice is rolled into balls and bo

Creamy Baked Fried Rice with White Sauce

Working mothers are saved! Worrying about what to cook for your family for breakfast every day? Make this baked fried rice with white sauce and save time and energy. As a working woman in the new era, how to strike a balance between career and family? Sometimes you thought you could relax a bit when you got home, but in the end, you were still busy. Working moms, a new era has arisen! Do not tire yourself out so much! Give this recipe a try, your kids going to love it. This baked fried rice looks like pizza from the top but Asian food beneath. My son always likes to order this baked fried rice from his favourite restaurant. Ever since I learned how to make lasagna then I realized that this baked fried rice is actually very easy to make at home. As far as you know how to make the white sauce, also known as Bechamel sauce. It is a perfect complement to many dishes. This baked fried rice is so much value for money as compared to eating them outside. Why would I mention this dish is value

Easy Curry puff with sweet potatoes

Traditional curry puffs are made of dough and filled with potato chunks that have been cooked in a spicy, flavorful curry before being deep-fried. The original version requires making two different types of dough and a series of complicated techniques to wrap them. Potatoes and spices are typically used to make curry puff filling. These can also occasionally be made with minced meat. Curry puffs are a favourite among all people and are frequently used as a snack. Today, I am making my curry puff using a quick shortcut spring roll wrapper Let me tell you quietly, I even served it as one of the Chinese New Year dishes. These curry puffs are wonderfully tasty, easy to make, and suitable for the whole family. To kick it up a level for the adults, I suggest using sweet chili sauce.   One adjustment I made to the filling was to swap out the potatoes for sweet potatoes. The filling texture will be tested creamy. Thanks for the advice given by a Facebook food group friend. They are sim