Long Bean Rice 豆角飯

Ingredients

• 400 g Chinese Long Beans
• 200 g Pork (, diced)
• 100 g Fresh shiitake mushrooms ((or 6-8 medium sized dry shiitake mushrooms), diced)
• 2 Chinese preserved sausages (, diced)
• 460 g White rice ((1.5 cups))
• 475 ml Water ((rice to water ratio is 1:1 volume wise))
• 2 stalks Green onions (, chopped)
• 2 tbsp Fish sauce
• 1 tsp Dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Light soy sauce
• 1 tsp Corn starch

Steps

1. 1

   Wash rice until water runs clear rinsing off excess starch will result in cooked rice being soft but not mushy nor sticky

2. 2

   Soak rice for 15 minutes 15-30 minutes or the approximate time for getting all the prep work done

3. 3

   Dice pork and marinate with 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp light soy sauce and 1 tsp corn starch. Mix well and set aside

4. 4

   Dice shiitake mushrooms

5. 5

   Dice Chinese preserved sausage

6. 6

   Chop green onions

7. 7

   Long beans: remove ends, wash and cut long beans to your desired length I cut them to approx. 1” length since they are the star of the show

8. 8

   Drain rice

9. 9

   In a hot wok, add 2 tbsp oil, add pork and fry in single layer until brown

10. 10

    Stir-fry pork until most of the pork surface has browned. Remove from wok

11. 11

    Add Chinese sausage to wok. Fry until aromatic and push to one side of the wok

12. 12

    Add shiitake mushrooms to the wok. Stir-fry for 1 minute and push everything to one side of the wok

13. 13

    Add long beans to the wok

14. 14

    Add 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine and stir-fry until wine evaporates and mix well

15. 15

    Add pork and rice into the wok

16. 16

    Add 1 tsp dark soy sauce and 2 tbsp fish sauce. Stir-fry until well mixed and turn off heat

17. 17

    Pour all the contents into rice cooker

18. 18

    Add an equal amount of water (to rice) in the rice cooker rice and water volume should be the same, example 2 cups rice to 2 cups water

19. 19

    Cook rice as usual in the rice cooker

20. 20

    After rice is done, wait another 10 minutes before opening the lid. Add green onion. Mix well

21. 21

    Taste and make adjustments, if necessary

22. 22

    Serve