Just in time! :)

Remember I said previously, I was browsing through Delicious Asian Food blog? I then came across one recipe which caught my attention. I was chatting with my mum via MSN at that time, and I told her, "Mummy, I'm gonna give this recipe a go!" I was really excited and headed to get chicken thighs (an ingredient of the recipe) the next day after class.

So before you scroll down, give a guess, what recipe so big deal ha?

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It's the Chicken Rice cooked using Rice Cooker! :D

Ingredients

• 3 cups of rice
• 2 large chicken drumsticks and chicken thighs - chopped to bite size
• 5 chinese dried mushrooms (pre-soaked in a bowl of water and cut to half or quarters. Do not throw away the water used for soaking)
• 2 chinese lap cheongs (chinese sausages) - sliced
• 4 bulbs shallots - sliced thinly
• 5 slices of ginger
• 2 tablespoons of cooking oil
• warm water

Marinade for chicken

• 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 2 teaspoon of white pepper powder
• 1 teaspoon of sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon of chinese cooking wine

Seasoning

• 5 teaspoons of light soya sauce
• 1 tablespoon of dark soya sauce

Method

Soak rice in water for about 1 1/2 hours. Marinade chicken for the same length of time.

Heat oil in wok and fry shallots till golden brown. Remove fried shallots.

With remaining oil in wok and at high heat, add pre-soaked chinese dried mushrooms and ginger and stir fry for about 1 minute. Add marinated chicken and stir fry for another minute.

Add pre-soaked rice and seasoning and continue frying for about 2 minutes. Sprinkle a little bit of warm water to keep the rice from drying out.

Remove rice with ingredients into the rice cooker. Place the lap cheongs over the rice. Pour water (previously used to soak dried chinese mushrooms) gently over the rice to cover the rice just like how you would usually cook white rice in a rice cooker. Add plain water if the water used to soak dried Chinese mushrooms is insufficient. Turn on your rice cooker and let it cook.

Serve hot and sprinkle fried shallots over the rice prior to serving.

And this, is my result:

Tadaaah! ;) I was so afraid I might screw it all up, but the recipe was easy to follow and it was pretty simple after all. It was really nice! I kid you not. Both my brother and the boyfriend tooked an extra serving! :) I enjoyed it loads too, though I personally think that if this chicken rice was cooked in a claypot, it would taste way better. I'll give it a shot, one day when I get my hands on a claypot, that is.

And again, I decided to submit this to the contest. I hope you guys support me alright? :)

Last but not least, Happy Merdeka to you all back home. Wait up for my rumah-sakit post yeah? An old friend of mine came to visit, so I won't be free for some time. I'll be back. Don't miss me! :)