Wenzhou Sticky Rice Bowl

Why you’ll love this recipe

• This is a legendary breakfast dish from Wenzhou, offering a complex mix of chewy rice, savory meat gravy, and crunchy toppings.
• The mushroom and pork topping can be made ahead of time, making the morning assembly fast and easy.
• It’s an incredibly hearty meal that will keep you full and energized for hours.

Key Ingredients

• Glutinous Rice: This must be soaked overnight to ensure it steams into a perfectly chewy, “sticky” texture.
• Dried Shiitake Mushrooms: Provide a deep, earthy umami that fresh mushrooms simply can’t match.
• Fried Dough (You Tiao): Often added as a topping, it provides a crucial crunch against the soft rice.

✅Quick Tips: Steam the rice on a cheesecloth-lined tray; this allows the steam to circulate through the rice grains without them falling through the holes.

Key Steps

• #1: Soak the rice and mushrooms the night before to ensure they are fully hydrated and ready for cooking.

• #2: Steam the soaked rice for 25 minutes until it is translucent and chewy.

• #3: Assemble by scooping the hot rice into a bowl, ladling over the savory gravy, and adding your favorite crunchy toppings.

Wenzhou Sticky Rice Bowl

Sticky rice is topped with rich meat gravy. A classic comfort dish.

Author: Aila Lin Cooking Method: Pork Courses: Breakfast, Rice Recipe Keys: S Steaming

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Prep Time 15 mins Cook Time 40 mins Total Time 55 mins Servings: 2

Ingredients:

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• 2 cups glutinous rice

Mushroom minced pork topping

• ½ cup dried mushroom
• 1 lb minced pork

• 3 tbsp Soy sauce

• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp cooking wine
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce

• A pinch of salt
• 3 cups of water

Toppings

• ¹⁄₃ cup dried shrimp
• 2 tbsp scallions (chopped)

• 2 tbsp Chinese donuts (diced)

Instructions

1. The night soak the glutinous rice overnight. The next morning steam for 25 - 30 minutes over a cheesecloth.

2. The next morning, soak dried mushroom for 20 minutes, diced and sauteed in greased pan with pork and then add in the rest of the mushroom & minced pork sauce and let it stew for 15 minutes. 

3. When the rice is ready, pour over the pork sauce and the toppings over the bowl and enjoy!

Keywords: Sticky Rice, Wenzhou, Breakfast