Rice Cooker Chinese Sticky Rice
A complete one-bowl meal that's full of flavorful ingredients mixed with a delightfully sticky rice! Your rice cooker can be used for making more than just plain white rice!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups Thai glutinous rice ((see note below))
- 1/2 lb. (225g) ground pork
- 1/4 lb. (115g) shrimp, deveined and shells and tails removed ((about 12 medium-sized))
- 2 Chinese sausages
- 2-3 medium sized dried shiitake mushrooms
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoons soy sauce ((tamari for gluten-free))
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 clove garlic, (minced or grated)
- 1/2 teaspoon tapioca starch ((cornstarch okay))
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
Instructions
- 1
Place dried mushrooms in a bowl with hot water and let soak for at least 2 hours until softened. (See note below)
- 2
Run cold water through the rice in a strainer. Stir the rice with your hand to wash and rinse it well until the water is mostly running clear.
- 3
Soak the rice in a bowl of water for at least 2 hours.
- 4
Combine the 3 tablespoons oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce (or tamari), 1 teaspoon grated ginger, minced garlic clove, 1/2 teaspoon tapioca starch, 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil, and 1/4 teaspoon white pepper in a bowl and mix well to make the sauce. Set aside.
- 5
Drain the rice through a colander, discarding the water.
- 6
Remove mushrooms from soaking liquid and gently squeeze out some of the water. Cut of and discard tough stems. Cut mushroom caps into slices or chunks.
- 7
Slice Chinese sausages into disks.
- 8
Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add Chinese sausage and ground pork and cook until pork is mostly cooked through.
- 9
Add mushrooms and sauce to the pan and stir. Heat through.
- 10
Add shrimp and cook until just starting to turn pink and remove from heat.
- 11
Transfer Chinese sausage mixture to the rice cooker pot and level out.
- 12
Add drained rice on top and level out.
- 13
Add 1 1/4 cups water to the rice cooker.
- 14
Cook until rice cooker button pops, or for about 25 minutes. Let sit for another 5-10 minutes. Rice should be completely cooked and slightly translucent.
- 15
Fluff rice with chopsticks, stirring well to mix the rice and filling ingredients.
- 16
Garnish with chopped green onions, if desired.