Chinese Sticky Rice (Lo Mai Fan or Xoi Man)
A yummy and simple homemade Chinese sticky rice (lo mai fan) made with sweet rice, Chinese sausage (lap cheong), dried shrimp, and dried shiitake mushrooms.
- Prep time
- 2 hr
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 cups sweet rice
- 3 oz dried shiitake mushrooms (thinly sliced)
- ¼ cup dried shrimp
- 2 Chinese sausages (long, thinly sliced)
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp granulated sugar
- 2 oz pandan leaves (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Soak the rice for 2 hours. After soaking, drain the rice and set aside.
- 2
Soak dried mushrooms and dried shrimp for 10 minutes. After soaking, drain both and set aside. Cut the mushrooms after soaking.
- 3
Prep your steamer by bringing water to a boil and then lower to a simmer.
- 4
Add Chinese sausages to a pan with 1 tablespoon of water. The water helps soften up the sausage. Saute for 2-3 minutes until they are seared on all sides. Set aside.
- 5
Mix the soy sauce and sugar together. Add the shrimp and mushrooms to the same pan. Drizzle half the soy sauce mixture in. Saute for 2-3 minutes until cooked through. Set aside.
- 6
Add the soaked rice to the same pan. Next, add the rest of the soy sauce mixture. Saute for 1-2 minutes. Add in pandan leaves, mushrooms, dried shrimp, and Chinese sausage. Mix everything together.
- 7
Put your steamer insert on top of the steamer pot. Pour everything into the steamer insert. Steam for 20-25 minutes until the rice is cooked through.
- 8
Serve with scallion oil (optional) and crushed peanuts (optional).