Guangdong

Lo mai gai

Name: Lo mai gai
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 9 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cantonese
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups soaked glutinous rice (sweet rice); 250 g thigh diced chicken, boneless; 2 links sliced chinese sausage; 4 soaked and diced dried shiitake mushrooms; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tsp dark soy sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp sugar; 1 thumb minced ginger; 3 sliced shallots; 1 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); Water, for the rice

Sticky rice with chicken, sausage and mushrooms steamed in a lotus leaf. Dim sum's best parcel.

90 minTime

23 gProtein each

mildSpice

8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 90 minutes come after.

The lotus leaf parcel2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCantonese dim sum sticky rice with chicken and sausage, steamed in lotus leaves.

The original

508kcalsame

23 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

90minutessame

Lo mai gai.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Glutinous rice (sweet rice)1½ cups, soaked

Chicken, boneless250 g thigh, diced

Chinese sausage2 links, sliced

Dried shiitake mushrooms4, soaked and diced

Oyster sauce2 tbsp

Soy sauce1½ tbsp

Dark soy sauce2 tsp

Sesame oil1 tsp

Sugar1 tsp

Ginger1 thumb, minced

Shallots3, sliced

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Waterfor the rice

Method

5 steps

1Soak the rice overnight. Marinate the chicken with half the sauces, ginger and sesame oil for 30 minutes.
2Steam the rice 25 minutes, then toss with the remaining sauces and a little water.
3Stir fry shallots, chicken, sausage and mushrooms until cooked through.
4Soak lotus leaves or use banana leaf. Layer rice, filling, rice and fold into parcels.
5Steam the parcels 30 minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve each parcel on a small plate, opened at the table to release the steam. Jasmine tea alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Guangdong

Lo mai gai

Sticky rice with chicken, sausage and mushrooms steamed in a lotus leaf. Dim sum's best parcel.

90 minTime

23 gProtein each

mildSpice

8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 90 minutes come after.

The lotus leaf parcel2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCantonese dim sum sticky rice with chicken and sausage, steamed in lotus leaves.

The original

508kcalsame

23 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

90minutessame

Lo mai gai.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Glutinous rice (sweet rice)1½ cups, soaked

Chicken, boneless250 g thigh, diced

Chinese sausage2 links, sliced

Dried shiitake mushrooms4, soaked and diced

Oyster sauce2 tbsp

Soy sauce1½ tbsp

Dark soy sauce2 tsp

Sesame oil1 tsp

Sugar1 tsp

Ginger1 thumb, minced

Shallots3, sliced

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Waterfor the rice

Method

5 steps

1Soak the rice overnight. Marinate the chicken with half the sauces, ginger and sesame oil for 30 minutes.
2Steam the rice 25 minutes, then toss with the remaining sauces and a little water.
3Stir fry shallots, chicken, sausage and mushrooms until cooked through.
4Soak lotus leaves or use banana leaf. Layer rice, filling, rice and fold into parcels.
5Steam the parcels 30 minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve each parcel on a small plate, opened at the table to release the steam. Jasmine tea alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Lo mai gai

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Lo mai gai

Make it your way

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