A Chinese-style ground chicken and rice bowl that is super easy to prepare and bursting with flavor. It is a cheat version of Taiwanese minced pork rice bowl (Lu Rou Fan), but much more practical to make for a weekday dinner. {Gluten-Free Adaptable}
10 min
Serves
4
Medium
Asian
Ingredients
- 8 (20 g) dried shiitake mushroom
- 1 cup (240ml) chicken broth
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp Chinese five spice powder
- 1 tbsp peanut oil (or vegetable oil)
- 1/2 thumb ginger , minced
- 2 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 lb (450 g) ground chicken (or ground pork or ground beef)
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- Steamed rice (or noodles)
- Sliced green onion (for garnish)
- Fried eggs (or marinated eggs)
- Steamed vegetables
Preparation
Not specified
Cooking
- Add shiitake mushrooms to a medium-sized bowl and hot water to cover.
- Let rehydrate until tender throughout, 15 minutes or so.
- Drain and rinse with running tap water to remove any debris.
- Squeeze out excess water.
- Remove and discard the tough stem, and mince the mushrooms.
- In a small bowl, combine chicken broth, light soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, dark soy sauce, sugar, five spice powder and salt.
- Mix well and set aside.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
- Add ginger and garlic.
- Stir a few times until fragrant.
- Add ground chicken.
- Spread out the chicken and let sear without moving for 2 minutes or so.
- Then stir and chop the ground meat into small pieces.
- Stir and cook until the chicken is cooked through.
- Add minced shiitake mushrooms to the skillet.
- Stir and cook for 1 minute.
- Pour in the mixed sauce from step 1 and mix well.
- Simmer until the sauce is mostly absorbed, 5 minutes or so.
- Mix the cornstarch and water in a small bowl and stir to dissolve completely.
- Pour into the pan.
- Stir immediately to thicken the sauce.
- Drizzle with sesame oil.
- Taste the chicken and adjust seasoning by adding a pinch of salt if needed.
- Serve warm over steamed rice or noodles, with steamed vegetables and an egg, if using.
- Garnish with green onions.
- Serve as a main dish.
Plating & Serving
Not specified
Suggested Sides
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