Yam (Taro) Rice
Yam (Taro) rice is a popular Chinese taro dish. It is aromatic, tasty and very easy to make one pot dish for the whole family to enjoy.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 8 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Some extra virgin olive oil (for pan frying)
- 800 g minced chicken (or pork)
- 550 g frozen yam (taro) (defrosted and cut into 2 cm (0.8 inch) cubes)
- 12 dried shiitake mushrooms (soak in hot water for 20 mins. Stalks removed and thinly sliced)
- 110 g dried shrimps
- 3 clove garlic ( minced)
- 1 French onion shallots (thinly sliced)
- 2 cup basmati rice
- 2 cup glutinous rice
- 1 tbsp corn starch (mixed with 1/4 cup water)
- 7 tbsp gluten free kecap manis
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp medium dry sherry
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp gluten free light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp medium dry sherry
- 1+1/2 tsp corn starch
- 1 tsp ground white pepper
- 4 spring onions ((shallots), finely sliced lengthwise)
Instructions
- 1
Combine minced chicken with marinade in a large bowl and mix well. Reserve for about 20 minutes.
- 2
Prepare and mix the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
- 3
Heat up a small frying pan with some extra virgin olive oil, pan fry the dried shrimps until lightly brown and crunchy. Drain on a sieve and set aside in a small bowl.
- 4
Heat up a large non-stick wok with 8 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and stir fry the garlic and onion shallots on low heat until lightly golden.
- 5
Add the minced chicken or pork and stir fry for 3 minutes on medium to high heat. Then add the mushrooms, the sauce prepared, corn starch mixture and stir fry until chicken is cooked through.
- 6
Add in the yam (taro) and dried shrimps and stir fry for another 2 minutes. Do not overcook the yam (taro) as it will continue cooking in the rice cooker. Turn off the heat.
- 7
Wash both the basmati rice and glutinous rice and add into an electric rice cooker by adding number of cups of water specified by the electric cooker for mixed rice. Use the cook function not rapid cook function.
- 8
Once the rice starts to boil, immediately add in all the cooked ingredients on top of the rice in the rice cooker. Cover with lid and continue cooking.
- 9
When the cooking process is finished, keep warm for another 20 minutes or until ready to serve.
- 10
Remove all the cooked ingredients and rice and place into a large bowl. Using a plastic rice scoop, gently mix and combine all the ingredients and rice.
- 11
Garnish with spring onions (shallots) and serve.