Glutinous Rice and Soybean Sauce Recipe

Ingredients :

1/2 cup Glutinous rice

4 cups Water

5 cloves Garlic

1 tablespoon Oil

250g Minced pork

1/2 teaspoon Ground black pepper

3 tablespoons Chinese bean sauce

2 cups Chicken or pork stock

2 tablespoons Sugar

1 tablespoon Fish sauce

2 teaspoons Chinese chili sauce

1 cup Roasted peanuts, pounded

• Put rice and water in a heavy-based saucepan and bring to the boil.

• Cover, reduce heat and cook for 20 minutes, then uncover and allow to cook, stirring occasionally, until all the water has been absorbed.

• Crush garlic with a little of the measured sugar.

• Heat oil in a wok, fry garlic on low heat until it starts to change color.

• Add pork and stir fry on medium heat until it loses its pink color.

• Add pepper and bean sauce, stir well.

• Simmer for a minute, then add stock, sugar and fish sauce, stir well and simmer a further minute or two.

• Add cooked rice, continue simmering for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

• Remove from heat.

• Stir in chili sauce and peanuts ground in a blender or pounded with mortar and pestle.

• Serve warm or at room temperature.