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How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice

Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice

Easy-to-prepare Fragrant Taro Rice / Yam rice, the ingredients include soft moist taro, mushroom, lap cheong and dried shrimp. A must-try recipe for taro lover!

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5 from 4 votes
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 8 servings
Calories 293 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 450 g uncooked white rice
  • 2 sticks lap cheong Chinese sausage
  • 1 stalk scallion
  • 100 g shallot
  • 300 g taro
  • 30 g mushroom soaked & drained, keep the soaking water
  • 50 g dried shrimp soaked & drained, keep the soaking water
  • 100 g water +650 g from soaking ingredients
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 ¼ tsps dark soy sauce
  • ¾ tsp fine salt

Instructions
 

  • Rinse white rice for 2 times with water, drain off the water completely.
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice
  • Steam lap cheong for 10 minutes until cooked through.
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice
  • Chop scallion. Dice lap cheong. Slice shallot. Dice taro. Dice soaked mushroom. Finely chop soaked dried shrimp.
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice
  • Add shallot to 200 g of cooking oil, mix well. Cook over medium-high heat until lightly browned. Off the heat, continue to cook with residual heat until golden brown. Put fried shallot on a sieve to drain off the oil, set aside to cool.
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice
  • Preheat 6 tbsps of cooking oil, add in dried shrimp, cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Add in mushroom and taro, cook for another 2 minutes.
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice
  • Add in uncooked white rice, continue to cook for 2 minutes.
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice
  • Add oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and fine salt to 100 g of water from soaking ingredients, mix well, add to white rice, cook until liquid has dried up.
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice
  • Transfer to rice cooker, add in 650 g of water from soaking ingredients, cook with “White Rice” function. (Reminder: Adjust the amount of water added according to the type of white rice you use.)
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice
  • When the rice is cooked, add in lap cheong and scallion, mix well.
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice
  • Garnish with some fried shallot before serving.
    How to cook Fragrant Taro Rice/Yam Rice

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Notes

This recipe yields 8 servings. 
The nutritional value for reference is for 1 serving. 

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories: 293kcalCarbohydrates: 61gProtein: 10gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 71mgSodium: 564mgPotassium: 410mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 44IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 1mg
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