Chinese Herbal Oil Rice

Submitted by ongwienkai1980

"You may purchase a Chinese herbal soup pack (Bak Kut Teh) online or in some Chinese groceries stores. It help with flu, increase your energy, breathing, digestion and sleep. Check out this healthy rice dish now."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs
• Ingredients: 21
• Yields: 1 1/4 Kg
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 60 g chinese herbs
• 480 g rice
• 40 g dry mushrooms
• 160 g garlic
• 1200 ml chicken stock
• 400 g boneless chicken thighs
• 5 eggs
• 45 g Chinese sausage
• 20 g scallions
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 teaspoon rock salt
• 1 dash white pepper powder
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄2 tablespoon thick soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon tapioca flour
• 1 1⁄3 tablespoons thick soy sauce
• 2⁄3 teaspoon rock salt
• 1 1⁄3 teaspoons sugar
• 2⁄3 tablespoon rice wine
• 2⁄3 pinch fish sauce
• 1⁄3 tablespoon oyster sauce

directions

1. Boil and peel 5 eggs.
2. Slice dry mushrooms with bread knife. Half whole garlic horizontally. Chop scallions.
3. Dice half-defrost chicken thigh and Chinese sausage.
4. Marinate chicken with salt, pepper, sugar, thick soy sauce and tapioca flour. Keep in fridge.
5. Place Chinese herbal and garlic in a muslin bag.
6. In a medium pot, add herbal, mushroom and chicken stock.
7. Covered and bring the soup to boil with medium heat.
8. Turn heat to low and simmer for 40 minutes.
9. Discard herbal and garlic. Separate mushroom from soup. Make sure the amount of soup is 550 ml. Add water if necessary. Prepare sauce with thick soy sauce, salt, sugar, rice wine, fish sauce and oyster sauce.
10. Wash rice for a few times until water appeared clear.
11. Mix sauce with soup. Add rice, soup and mushroom to a rice cooker.
12. Set it to cook. Kept it covered for another 15 minutes after done.
13. Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp oil in a non stick pan.
14. Sauté Chinese sausage until crispy brown and keep aside.
15. Sauté chicken cube until done.
16. Give cooked rice, sausage and chicken cube a good mix.
17. Garnish with scallions and eggs. Done.