Chinese Clay Pot Rice

Chinese sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey sausage is lower in fat while still providing flavor.

shiitake mushrooms

🥗Healthier: portobello mushrooms

💰Cheaper: button mushrooms

Button mushrooms are more affordable and widely available.

oyster sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: hoisin sauce

Soy sauce is lower in calories and hoisin sauce can add sweetness.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Thinly slice shallots and ginger for the sweet soy sauce.

Add cooking oil to a sauce pot and sauté the shallots and ginger over medium heat until they start to brown.

Remove the shallots and ginger from the pot, keeping as much oil as possible; discard the ginger but keep the crispy shallots.

Add soy sauce, Chinese rice wine, and brown sugar to the flavored oil; let it simmer for a couple of minutes until it slightly thickens.

Add sesame oil to the sauce and set aside.

In the rice cooker, add rice and water, then lay in the Chinese sausage and Chinese pork belly.

Start the rice cooker and wait for it to finish cooking.

Once done, open the rice cooker and lift out the Chinese sausage and pork belly onto a plate; thinly slice them on a cutting board.

If cooking on the stovetop, check for crispy bits of rice at the bottom of the pot; if using a rice cooker, you won't get crispy rice but it will still be delicious.

Pour the sweet soy sauce over the rice before serving.

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