Chinese Pumpkin Rice
This Chinese Pumpkin rice is a super easy and flavorful rice cooker recipe: the soft pumpkin cubes melt in your mouth, contrasting with the firm bite of the white rice grains. Moreover, it only takes 10 minutes to prepare and the rest of the work is up to your rice cooker!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 Tablespoons dried shrimp
- 5 cloves garlic (peeled and minced)
- 1 Cup white rice
- 1½ Cups pumpkin
- 1 Tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 Tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1½-2 Tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper (Do not substitute with black pepper. Omit if unavailable.)
Instructions
- 1
Drain the dried shrimp and keep the soaking water to cook the rice.
- 2
Pan fry the dried shrimp in a bit of oil till nice and crisp. If you made extra, place it on some paper towels to soak up extra oil, for use as a rice garnish later.Note: the pot of some cookers may be usable on induction stoves. If so, you can do this in the rice cooker pot and make it a 1-pot recipe!
- 3
Add the minced garlic to the same pan as the remaining shrimps and stir fry over a low fire till fragrant. (Garlic burns easily.)
- 4
Add in the washed rice. Be careful as the oil will splutter. Turn up the fire to medium high then stir fry quickly to briefly toast the grains.
- 5
Transfer everything to the rice cooker pot. Add the prawn soaking water and add more (regular) water till the first line on your index finger. Note: Alternatively, follow the guideline on the rice cooker pot for the amount of water to add.
- 6
Add the pumpkin cubes to the pot, followed by the sauces. Add the white sugar and pepper, then press the button to start the cooking process! Note: The dark soy and oyster will stick to the spoon so you can "wash" it in the water!
- 7
Once the rice cooker indicates that it has finished cooking, let the rice stand for another 5 minutes, before uncovering, gently fluffing up and serving.