Chinese savoury sticky rice, nuo mi fan (糯米飯), is made of glutinous rice with various ingredients and flavourings, which are wrapped in lotus leaf parcels and then steamed until the flavours combine into a delicious mass. This is one of those ubiquitous dishes which has many different variations. I chose to make one large parcel…… Continue reading steamed sticky rice
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lap cheong
In China, sausages date back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (300–500 AD). Lap Cheong (臘腸) is a dried, hard sausage made from pork and pork fat. It is sweetened by candying the fat, which keeps the fat white and makes it translucent when cooked. Lap cheong has no starch, but has alcohol added and is sometimes smoked. Thomas…… Continue reading lap cheong