🍲 Clay Pot Rice, your new favorite dish! (煲仔飯)

Chinese sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork belly

Chicken breast reduces fat while maintaining protein.

shiitake mushrooms

🥗Healthier: button mushrooms

💰Cheaper: canned mushrooms

Button mushrooms are more accessible and affordable.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium options reduce salt intake.

oyster sauce

🥗Healthier: mushroom sauce

💰Cheaper: hoisin sauce

Mushroom sauce is plant-based and lower in cost.

Wash the rice 3 times, draining the water and using fresh water each time.

Soak the rice in boiling water for 10 minutes.

Soak the Chinese sausage in hot water for 10 minutes.

Cut the chicken down the middle and into smaller pieces about 1-2 inches wide for bone-in parts.

Cut the chicken breast into thick slices about 1/2 inch thick.

Rinse the chopped chicken in water to remove bone shards.

Cut the shiitake mushrooms into thirds after rehydrating them in hot water for at least 10 minutes.

Mince the shallot finely.

Mince the ginger and mix it into the chicken.

Dice two green onions without separating the whites from the greens.

Pat the chicken dry with a paper towel.

Combine the chicken with 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 2 tbsp oyster sauce, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp corn starch, 3 tbsp water, 1 tsp cooking wine, and 1/4 tsp white pepper to create the marinade.

Stir the chicken into the marinade until evenly coated, then add the minced ginger and shallots.

Marinate the mushrooms with 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp sugar, and 1/2 tsp corn starch, mixing until coated.

Remove the Chinese sausage from the water and leave it whole to steam on top of the rice.

Mix together the sauce ingredients: 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, and 1 tsp dark soy sauce.

Wash the new clay pot with dish soap, then soak it in water overnight or for at least 1-2 hours.

Submerge the pot and lid in piping hot water for at least 1-2 hours.

Add the soaked rice to the clay pot and mix in 1 tsp of oil.

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