This special fried rice will change your life this holiday! | Christmas Specials

shrimp

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken

Tofu provides a plant-based protein option.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces salt intake.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil offers healthier fats.

chicken

🥗Healthier: lean turkey

💰Cheaper: pork

Turkey is lower in fat, while pork can be more affordable.

Soak dried shrimp in hot water and chop them up.

Soak shiitake mushrooms in hot water overnight and slice them.

Chop spring onion for base flavor.

Chop Chinese sausage into pieces.

Steam the rice with slightly less water than usual, adding a pinch of salt and sugar for flavor.

Heat vegetable oil in a wok over high heat.

Add ginger and garlic to the wok and stir-fry until fragrant.

Add spring onion, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts, and Chinese sausage to the wok and stir-fry together.

Add the soaked dried shrimp and fold through to allow the fat from the sausage to flavor the mixture.

Add the cooked rice to the wok and fold through, ensuring it absorbs the flavors.

Drizzle soy sauce and sesame oil over the rice and mix well.

Add chopped coriander stalk and fold through the rice mixture.

Transfer the rice into a soaked lotus leaf and cover it.

Steam the rice in a steamer basket for about 10 minutes.

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