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

Method : 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.