PUMPKIN CHICKEN MUSHROOM RICE (电饭锅南瓜香菇鸡饭)

Directions

  1. 1Add oil to a pan.
  2. 2Add chopped garlic and spring onions to the pan.
  3. 3Add rice to the pan.
  4. 4Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce and dark soy sauce to the rice in the pan.
  5. 5Stir-fry the aromatics with the rice.
  6. 6Transfer the stir-fried rice into the rice cooker.
  7. 7Cut the pumpkin.
  8. 8Peel the pumpkin.
  9. 9Chop the pumpkin into small pieces.
  10. 10Add chopped pumpkin into the rice cooker.
  11. 11Marinate the chicken with light soy sauce, oyster sauce, shaoxing wine, sesame oil, white pepper, and cornstarch.
  12. 12Add marinated chicken and mushrooms on top of the pumpkin and rice layers in the rice cooker.
  13. 13Add water to cover the ingredients in the rice cooker.
  14. 14Close the rice cooker and cook.
  15. 15Open the rice cooker after cooking and gently mix the ingredients.
  16. 16Add chopped spring onions to the rice cooker.
  17. 17Add coriander to the rice cooker.
  18. 18Serve the pumpkin chicken mushroom rice in a bowl.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups rice
  • 300 g bite sized chicken
  • 250 g pumpkin
  • 6 pieces shitake mushroom
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 knob ginger
  • spring onions
  • 1 tbsp light soy
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
  • 0.5 tsp sesame oil
  • 0.5 tsp white pepper
  • 0.5 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp dark soy
  • water
  • chilli
  • coriander

Equipment

rice cookerknifechopping boardpanspoonbowl

Tips

  • Stir-fry the aromatics with the rice to give it a charred aroma and prevent the rice from getting too mushy.
  • Layer ingredients in the rice cooker with mushrooms and chicken on top so juices and umami drip down into the rice.
  • Add coriander for enhanced flavor.