Glutinous Rice with Chicken in Bamboo

Ingredients :

150g glutinous rice

150g chicken fillet

50g bamboo shoot

2 Chinese dried black mushrooms, soak until soft

2 salted egg yolks

2 sections bamboo

1 tsp chopped shallot

Marinade

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp cornflour

1/2 tsp light soy sauce

1 tsp oil

Sauce

1/2 cup water

1 level tsp cornflour

1/2 tsp sugar

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tsp light soy sauce

Method :

Rinse and soak glutinous rice in water for 1 hour. Drain and steam over high heat for 20 minutes. Season the rice with 1/2 tsp of sugar and 2 tsp of light soy sauce. Set aside. Dice chicken fillet. Mix well with marinade and leave it for 5 minutes. Dice bamboo shoot and soaked mushrooms. Steam salted egg yolks for 15 minutes until done. Dice. Rinse bamboo sections well. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in wok. Sautee shallot with chicken until done. Mix in bamboo shoot and mushrooms. Stir in the sauce. Cook until it thickens. Put rice and chicken filling in alternative layers into the bamboo sections. Press well before putting on another layer. Cover with foil. Steam for 20 minutes. Serve hot.

Bamboo is very good for steaming rice. Bamboo can give a unique flavor to the rice and retain heat to keep the food hot.