Lo Mai Gai

Name: Lo Mai Gai
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 400g glutinous rice, soaked overnight; 4 dried lotus leaves, soaked; 300g chicken thigh, diced; 2 Chinese sausages (lap cheong), sliced; 6 shiitake mushrooms, soaked and diced; 2 salted egg yolks (optional); Soy sauce, oyster sauce, Shaoxing wine and sesame oil

糯米鸡/loh-my GAI/

Also known as: Nuo Mi Ji, Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf, Lotus Leaf Rice

About this dish

Sticky glutinous rice steamed in a lotus leaf parcel with chicken, Chinese sausage, mushrooms and salted egg yolk.

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Ingredients

🍚400g glutinous rice, soaked overnight

🍃4 dried lotus leaves, soaked

🍗300g chicken thigh, diced

🌭2 Chinese sausages (lap cheong), sliced

🍄6 shiitake mushrooms, soaked and diced

🥚2 salted egg yolks (optional)

🫙Soy sauce, oyster sauce, Shaoxing wine and sesame oil

Method

Serves 3

Steam the soaked rice for 30 minutes, then season it with soy sauce and oil.

Marinate the chicken in soy, oyster sauce and wine, then stir-fry with the sausage and mushrooms.

Lay out a lotus leaf, add a layer of rice, then the filling and egg yolk, then more rice.

Fold the leaf into a tight parcel.

Steam for 1 hour and unwrap at the table.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Lo mai gai is a dim sum classic; unwrapping the lotus leaf releases a tea-like fragrance into the rice.

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